olhar

//ɔ.ˈʎaɾ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#703

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

olhar is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação de olhar Pronounced /ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/. It ranks #703 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with olho and olhos.

Key facts for olhar
PropertyValue
Headwordolhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#703
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for olhar is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #703 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ação de olhar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for olhar, with forms such as "lohar", "ohlar", and "olahr". 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 also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "olho", "olhos", "other", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 olhar, spelled O-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
    ação de olhar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lohar,ohlar,olahr,olharr,olhhar,olhra,ollhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for olhar

Misspelling Variants of "olhar"

lohar5ohlar5olahr5olharr6olhhar6olhra5ollhar6
Misspelling Variants of "olhar"

Frequency rank: #703 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olhar"?
"olhar" is spelled O-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "olhar" mean?
As a noun, "olhar" means: ação de olhar
What words are commonly confused with "olhar"?
"olhar" is commonly confused with "olho", "olhos", "other". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "olhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "olhar" is /ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "olhar" come from?
"olhar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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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.