chamar

//ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#884

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

chamar is aPortugueseverb. It means: solicitar a atenção ou a aproximação de alguém ou de algum animal (com palavras ou sinais) Pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/. It ranks #884 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with chamo and chapa.

Key facts for chamar
PropertyValue
Headwordchamar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#884
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chamar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for chamar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #884 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for chamar, with forms such as "cahmar", "cchamar", and "chaamr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chamo", "chapa", "chegar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is chamar, spelled C-H-A-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    solicitar a atenção ou a aproximação de alguém ou de algum animal (com palavras ou sinais)
  2. 2
    gritar por alguém ou alguma coisa
  3. 3
    convocar
  4. 4
    invocar
  5. 5
    atrair com chamariz
  6. 6
    reclamar; mandar vir
  7. 7
    dar nome a; denominar; nomear
  8. 8
    invocar auxílio
  9. 9
    soar toques sonoros lentos, o telefone do telefonador, indicando que o telefone do telefonado está apto, e por ser, interconectado para o estabelecimento da via de comunicação
  10. 10
    ter nome, apelidar-se

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahmar,cchamar,chaamr,chamarr,chammar,chamra,chhamar,chmaar,hcamar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chamar

Misspelling Variants of "chamar"

cahmar6cchamar7chaamr6chamarr7chammar7chamra6chhamar7chmaar6
Misspelling Variants of "chamar"

Frequency rank: #884 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chamar"?
"chamar" is spelled C-H-A-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/.
What does "chamar" mean?
As a verb, "chamar" means: solicitar a atenção ou a aproximação de alguém ou de algum animal (com palavras ou sinais)
What words are commonly confused with "chamar"?
"chamar" is commonly confused with "chamo", "chapa", "chegar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chamar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chamar" is /ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chamar" come from?
"chamar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.