flertar

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,560

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

flertar is aPortugueseverb. It means: namoricar; cortejar Often confused with furtar and ferrar.

Key facts for flertar
PropertyValue
Headwordflertar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,560
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of flertar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for flertar is 7 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #30,560 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "namoricar; cortejar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for flertar, with forms such as "felrtar", "fflertar", and "fleratr". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "furtar", "ferrar", "fartar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is flertar, spelled F-L-E-R-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    namoricar; cortejar

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: felrtar,fflertar,fleratr,flerrtar,flertarr,flertra,flerttar,fletrar,fllertar,flretar,lfertar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for flertar

Misspelling Variants of "flertar"

felrtar7fflertar8fleratr7flerrtar8flertarr8flertra7flerttar8fletrar7
Misspelling Variants of "flertar"

Frequency rank: #30,560 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flertar"?
"flertar" is spelled F-L-E-R-T-A-R.
What does "flertar" mean?
As a verb, "flertar" means: namoricar; cortejar
What words are commonly confused with "flertar"?
"flertar" is commonly confused with "furtar", "ferrar", "fartar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "flertar" come from?
"flertar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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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.