# cercar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /sɨɾ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #25,230

## Definitions
1. pôr cerco a, sitiar
2. pôr cerca a, murar
3. rodear
4. perseguir por todos os lados
5. constranger, apertar
6. rodear-se

## Easily confused with
- **criar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-criar)
- **César** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cesar)
- **cerco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cerco)
- **coçar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cocar)
- **cerda** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cerda)
- **cessar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cessar)
- **clicar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-clicar)
- **checar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-checar)
- **cursar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cursar)
- **cereal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-cereal)
- **curvar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-curvar)
- **coroar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-coroar)
- **coerção** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercar-vs-coercao)
- **cera** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cera-vs-cercar)
- **cerca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cerca-vs-cercar)
- **caçar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cacar-vs-cercar)
- **calçar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calcar-vs-cercar)
- **cercado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cercado-vs-cercar)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccercar`, `cecrar`, `ceracr`, `cercarr`, `cerccar`, `cercra`, `cerrcar`, `crecar`, `ecrcar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/cercar