liderar
/li.dɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“liderar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,044 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,044
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - assumir a liderança, comandar, chefiar
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 | liderar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /li.dɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liderar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for liderar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /li.dɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,044 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "assumir a liderança, comandar, chefiar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for liderar, with forms such as "ilderar", "ldierar", and "lidderar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "livrar", "linear", "literal", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is liderar, spelled L-I-D-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1assumir a liderança, comandar, chefiar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilderar,ldierar,lidderar,lidearr,liderarr,liderra,liderrar,lidrear,liedrar,lliderar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liderar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “liderar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-I-D-E-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /li.dɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “livrar” - see the side-by-side comparison. liderar vs livrar
- 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.