mergulhar
/mɨɾ.ɡu.ˈʎaɾ/
The verdict
“mergulhar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,535 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,535
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nadar debaixo d'água
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 | mergulhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɨɾ.ɡu.ˈʎaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mergulhar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mergulhar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɨɾ.ɡu.ˈʎaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,535 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for mergulhar, with forms such as "emrgulhar", "megrulhar", and "merggulhar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mergulho", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 mergulhar, spelled M-E-R-G-U-L-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1nadar debaixo d'água
- 2pular na água de cabeça
- 3descer rapidamente (avião, por exemplo)
- 4realizar uma tarefa com entusiasmo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emrgulhar,megrulhar,merggulhar,mergluhar,merguhlar,mergulahr,mergulharr,mergulhhar,mergulhra,mergullhar,merrgulhar,meruglhar,mmergulhar,mregulhar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mergulhar - 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 “mergulhar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-R-G-U-L-H-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɨɾ.ɡu.ˈʎaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mergulho” - see the side-by-side comparison. mergulhar vs mergulho
- 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.