grelhar

/ɡɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ/

//ɡɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“grelhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,393 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,393
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - assar ou torrar sobre a grelha

Corpus desk

Index PT-grelhar · grelhar · Portuguese

grelhar · rank #60,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,393
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH guti

Nearest frequency peer: guti (+7 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 “grelhar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grelhar
PropertyValue
Headwordgrelhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,393
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “grelhar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.grelharcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “guti” (#60,400), “hemofilia” (#60,410), “fond” (#60,373). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “grelhar” fica em #60,393. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grelhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,393 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "assar ou torrar sobre a grelha".

No misspelling variants are generated for grelhar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is grelhar, spelled G-R-E-L-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    assar ou torrar sobre a grelha

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. grelhar peixe a carvão

This word in other languages

grill(English)grillen(Deutsch)

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 "grelhar"?
"grelhar" is spelled G-R-E-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "grelhar" mean?
As a verb, "grelhar" means: assar ou torrar sobre a grelha
How do you pronounce "grelhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grelhar" is /ɡɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grelhar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esfolar#60,330barrete#60,161sultana#60,649tablete#60,659

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list