doar

verb

The verdict

“doar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,016 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#7,016
frequency rank, Portuguese
4
letters
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - transferir a posse de algo, gratuitamente, para outrem

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

doar vs dos
50% similar
doar vs dor
75% similar
doar vs dom
50% similar

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

Key facts for doar
PropertyValue
Headworddoar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,016
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “doar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). doar lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for doar is 4 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #7,016 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "transferir a posse de algo, gratuitamente, para outrem".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for doar, with forms such as "daor", "ddoar", and "doarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "dor", "dom", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is doar, spelled D-O-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    transferir a posse de algo, gratuitamente, para outrem

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daor,ddoar,doarr,dora,odar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

daor2ddoar1doarr1dora2odar2
Edit distance from "doar"

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 "doar"?
"doar" is spelled D-O-A-R.
What does "doar" mean?
As a verb, "doar" means: transferir a posse de algo, gratuitamente, para outrem
What words are commonly confused with "doar"?
"doar" is commonly confused with "dos", "dor", "dom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "doar" come from?
"doar" 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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Using “doar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-O-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “dos” - see the side-by-side comparison. doar vs dos
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list