humilhar

//u.mi.ˈʎaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,086

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

humilhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer com que uma pessoa perca a dignidade, o respeito, o orgulho Pronounced /u.mi.ˈʎaɾ/.

Key facts for humilhar
PropertyValue
Headwordhumilhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/u.mi.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,086
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for humilhar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /u.mi.ˈʎaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,086 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for humilhar, with forms such as "hhumilhar", "hmuilhar", and "huimlhar". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 humilhar, spelled H-U-M-I-L-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer com que uma pessoa perca a dignidade, o respeito, o orgulho
  2. 2
    tratar desrespeitosamente; rebaixar, degradar, vexar
  3. 3
    mortificar; submeter
  4. 4
    virar humilde, humildar
  5. 5
    abaixar a cabeça o touro em sinal de ameaça

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhumilhar,hmuilhar,huimlhar,humihlar,humilahr,humilharr,humilhhar,humilhra,humillhar,humlihar,hummilhar,uhmilhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for humilhar

Misspelling Variants of "humilhar"

hhumilhar9hmuilhar8huimlhar8humihlar8humilahr8humilharr9humilhhar9humilhra8
Misspelling Variants of "humilhar"

Frequency rank: #16,086 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humilhar"?
"humilhar" is spelled H-U-M-I-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /u.mi.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "humilhar" mean?
As a verb, "humilhar" means: fazer com que uma pessoa perca a dignidade, o respeito, o orgulho
What are common misspellings of "humilhar"?
Common misspellings include "hhumilhar", "hmuilhar", "huimlhar", "humihlar", "humilahr". The correct spelling is "humilhar".
How do you pronounce "humilhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humilhar" is /u.mi.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humilhar" come from?
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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.