chegar
/ʃɨ.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“chegar” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #390 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #390
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pôr em contato
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chegar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʃɨ.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chegar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for chegar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #390 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chegar, with forms such as "cchegar", "cehgar", and "cheagr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cher", "cheia", "chegou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is chegar, spelled C-H-E-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1pôr em contato
- 2levar a fêmea à cobrição
- 3aproximar
- 4pôr perto de, colocar perto de, chegar perto de
- 5bastar, ser suficiente: chega de
- 6vir
- 7dar entrada em
- 8assomar
- 9regressar
- 10bastar, ser suficiente
- 11sovar
- 12ir embora
- 13aproximar-se
- 14resolver-se
- 15mostrar-se
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchegar,cehgar,cheagr,chegarr,cheggar,chegra,chgear,chhegar,hcegar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chegar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chegar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-H-E-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʃɨ.ˈɡaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cher” - see the side-by-side comparison. chegar vs cher
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.