earn

verb

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The verdict

“earn” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,895 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,895
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ganhar

Corpus desk

Index PT-earn · earn · Portuguese

earn · rank #73,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,895
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH emparelhamento

Nearest frequency peer: emparelhamento (+5 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “earn”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “earn” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for earn
PropertyValue
Headwordearn
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#73,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “earn” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).earncai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “emparelhamento” (#73,900), “divi” (#73,888), “disparador” (#73,886). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “earn” fica em #73,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

earn is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,895 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for earn, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is earn, spelled E-A-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ganhar
  2. 2
    receber
  3. 3
    render (lucro)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Meu CD me rendeu seis por cento!

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 "earn"?
"earn" is spelled E-A-R-N.
What does "earn" mean?
As a verb, "earn" means: ganhar
What language does "earn" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

divi#73,888kana#74,074ágar#73,654miar#74,139

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list