herdar

//eɾ.ˈdaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,348

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

herdar is aPortugueseverb. It means: receber, obter ou ter direito a receber em virtude de herança Pronounced /eɾ.ˈdaɾ/. Often confused with horda and hera.

Key facts for herdar
PropertyValue
Headwordherdar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/eɾ.ˈdaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,348
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for herdar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /eɾ.ˈdaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,348 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "receber, obter ou ter direito a receber em virtude de herança".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for herdar, with forms such as "ehrdar", "hedrar", and "heradr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "horda", "hera", "hear", and more, 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 herdar, spelled H-E-R-D-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    receber, obter ou ter direito a receber em virtude de herança

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehrdar,hedrar,heradr,herdarr,herddar,herdra,herrdar,hherdar,hredar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for herdar

Misspelling Variants of "herdar"

ehrdar6hedrar6heradr6herdarr7herddar7herdra6herrdar7hherdar7
Misspelling Variants of "herdar"

Frequency rank: #24,348 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herdar"?
"herdar" is spelled H-E-R-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /eɾ.ˈdaɾ/.
What does "herdar" mean?
As a verb, "herdar" means: receber, obter ou ter direito a receber em virtude de herança
What words are commonly confused with "herdar"?
"herdar" is commonly confused with "horda", "hera", "hear". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "herdar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herdar" is /eɾ.ˈdaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herdar" come from?
"herdar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.