machucar

verb

The verdict

“machucar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,432
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ferir, causar ferimento, contusão ou lesão a alguém

Corpus desk

Index PT-machucar · machucar · Portuguese

machucar · rank #7,432 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,432
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH livremente

Nearest frequency peer: livremente (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “machucar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “machucar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for machucar
PropertyValue
Headwordmachucar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,432
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “machucar”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).machucarcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “livremente” (#7,430), “medir” (#7,434), “literário” (#7,429). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “machucar” fica em #7,432. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around machucar, averb. Corpus frequency is #7,432 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for machucar, with forms such as "amchucar", "macchucar", and "machcuar". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is machucar, spelled M-A-C-H-U-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ferir, causar ferimento, contusão ou lesão a alguém
  2. 2
    magoar, fazer alguém sofrer fisicamente ou psicologicamente
  3. 3
    deformar ou causar lesão a algo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Machucar uma fruta.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amchucar
  • macchucar
  • machcuar
  • machhucar
  • machuacr
  • machucarr
  • machuccar
  • machucra
  • macuhcar
  • mahcucar
  • mcahucar
  • mmachucar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of machucar - 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.

amchucar2macchucar1machcuar2machhucar1machuacr2machucarr1machuccar1machucra2
Edit distance from "machucar"

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 "machucar"?
"machucar" is spelled M-A-C-H-U-C-A-R.
What does "machucar" mean?
As a verb, "machucar" means: ferir, causar ferimento, contusão ou lesão a alguém
What are common misspellings of "machucar"?
Common misspellings include "amchucar", "macchucar", "machcuar", "machhucar", "machuacr". The correct spelling is "machucar".
What language does "machucar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list