malhar
/mɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
The verdict
“malhar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,455
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bater com malho ou instrumento análogo
Corpus desk
Index PT-malhar · malhar · Portuguese
malhar · rank #26,455 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,455
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH lixa
Nearest frequency peer: lixa (-3 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 “malhar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- labor
labor
73,554 corpus weight
- lecionar
lecionar
73,553 corpus weight
- lixa
lixa
73,549 corpus weight
- malhar
malhar
73,546 corpus weight
- manuseio
manuseio
73,542 corpus weight
- massagista
massagista
73,539 corpus weight
What this shows “malhar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | malhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɐ.ˈʎaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “malhar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around malhar (IPA /mɐ.ˈʎaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,455 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for malhar, with forms such as "amlhar", "mahlar", and "malahr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "manhã", "matar", "Malta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is malhar, spelled M-A-L-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1bater com malho ou instrumento análogo
- 2debulhar nas eiras (cereais)
- 3bater, contundir
- 4zombar
- 5dar pancadas
- 6cair na malha ou na rede
- 7reunir (gado) em determinado ponto
- 8exercitar-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pacientes com osteoporose e artrose, antes orientados pelo médicos a praticar exercícios leves, agora são estimulados a malhar na academia.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amlhar
- mahlar
- malahr
- malharr
- malhhar
- malhra
- mallhar
- mlahar
- mmalhar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of malhar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "malhar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).