ganhar
/ɡɐ.ˈɲaɾ/
The verdict
“ganhar” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #787 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #787
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - adquirir
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 | ganhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɐ.ˈɲaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ganhar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ganhar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɐ.ˈɲaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #787 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ganhar, with forms such as "agnhar", "gahnar", and "ganahr". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gastar", "ganga", "ganhador", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ganhar, spelled G-A-N-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1adquirir
- 2alcançar
- 3vencer
- 4obter de outra pessoa
- 5obter sucesso em um jogo de aposta
- 6receber pagamento
- 7conquistar (território, etc.)
- 8passar a ter em si
- 9seduzir, conquistar
- 10ser atingido por
- 11dar à luz
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agnhar,gahnar,ganahr,ganharr,ganhhar,ganhra,gannhar,gganhar,gnahar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ganhar - 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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Using “ganhar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-N-H-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɐ.ˈɲaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gastar” - see the side-by-side comparison. ganhar vs gastar
- 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.