hablar

verb

The verdict

“hablar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,938 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,938
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falar, geralmente com o sentido de criticar ou de discursar

Corpus desk

Index PT-hablar · hablar · Portuguese

hablar · rank #91,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,938
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH habitáculo

Nearest frequency peer: habitáculo (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “hablar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hablar
PropertyValue
Headwordhablar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,938
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hablar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).hablarcai 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: “habitáculo” (#91,937), “gérmen” (#91,932), “hoodie” (#91,961). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hablar” fica em #91,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hablar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,938 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "falar, geralmente com o sentido de criticar ou de discursar".

hablar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is hablar, spelled H-A-B-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    falar, geralmente com o sentido de criticar ou de discursar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Entre elas, Anitta foi uma a elogiar a amiga nos comentários: “Belissima”, disse a poderosa. “Certíssima Cami, hablou [falou] pouco ainda”, apontou outra fã.

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 "hablar"?
"hablar" is spelled H-A-B-L-A-R.
What does "hablar" mean?
As a verb, "hablar" means: falar, geralmente com o sentido de criticar ou de discursar
What language does "hablar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list