esbarrar
/iʒ.bɐ.ˈRaɾ/
The verdict
“esbarrar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #32,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,587
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tropeçar
Corpus desk
Index PT-esbarrar · esbarrar · Portuguese
esbarrar · rank #32,587 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,587
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH escárnio
Nearest frequency peer: escárnio (+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 “esbarrar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- enlace
enlace
67,422 corpus weight
- entroncamen…
entroncamento
67,417 corpus weight
- equitação
equitação
67,416 corpus weight
- esbarrar
esbarrar
67,414 corpus weight
- escárnio
escárnio
67,413 corpus weight
- estate
estate
67,408 corpus weight
What this shows “esbarrar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | esbarrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʒ.bɐ.ˈRaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “esbarrar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around esbarrar (IPA /iʒ.bɐ.ˈRaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,587 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esbarrar, with forms such as "ebsarrar", "esabrrar", and "esbarar". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "espirrar", "embarcar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is esbarrar, spelled E-S-B-A-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1tropeçar
- 2tocar de leve em
- 3chocar-se com
- 4encontrar-se com alguém de forma casual (regência verbal com preposição: com)
- 5deter-se diante de uma dificuldade
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esbarrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Repórter Eric Faria empurra torcedor que esbarrou nele durante transmissão da Globo.
Eu esbarrei com um amigo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebsarrar
- esabrrar
- esbarar
- esbararr
- esbarrarr
- esbarrra
- esbbarrar
- esbrarar
- essbarrar
- sebarrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esbarrar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esbarrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).