chorar

verb

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The verdict

“chorar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,563
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - derramar lágrimas por dor ou tristeza

Corpus desk

Index PT-chorar · chorar · Portuguese

chorar · rank #2,563 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,563
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH chocolate

Nearest frequency peer: chocolate (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “chorar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “chorar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chorar vs colar
67% similar
chorar vs coral
67% similar
chorar vs choro
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chorar
PropertyValue
Headwordchorar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,563
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “chorar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).chorarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “chocolate” (#2,562), “bolo” (#2,560), “açúcar” (#2,557). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “chorar” fica em #2,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chorar, averb. Corpus frequency is #2,563 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chorar, with forms such as "cchorar", "chhorar", and "choarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "colar", "coral", "choro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is chorar, spelled C-H-O-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    derramar lágrimas por dor ou tristeza
  2. 2
    rebater-se no aro uma ou mais vezes, resvalar-se rebatendo nele enquanto gira

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chorar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sem chorar, Ana Carolina acenou e agradeceu ao público.
  2. A bola chorou, chorou, e caiu fora!

Synonyms

planhir

This word in other languages

cry(English)llorar(Español)pleurer(Français)beweinen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchorar
  • chhorar
  • choarr
  • chorarr
  • chorra
  • chorrar
  • chroar
  • cohrar
  • hcorar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chorar - 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.

cchorar1chhorar1choarr2chorarr1chorra2chorrar1chroar2cohrar2
Edit distance from "chorar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chorar"?
"chorar" is spelled C-H-O-R-A-R.
What does "chorar" mean?
As a verb, "chorar" means: derramar lágrimas por dor ou tristeza
What words are commonly confused with "chorar"?
"chorar" is commonly confused with "colar", "coral", "choro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "chorar" come from?
"chorar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chorar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

açúcar#2,557dançar#2,570alerta#2,551juntar#2,582

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

conosco9 variantsAntonio9 variantsinimigo9 variantsestreia9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list