orgulhar

verb

The verdict

“orgulhar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,403. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,403
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar sentimento de orgulho a

Corpus desk

Index PT-orgulhar · orgulhar · Portuguese

orgulhar · rank #18,403 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,403
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH Paolo

Nearest frequency peer: Paolo (+1 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 “orgulhar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “orgulhar” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

orgulhar vs orgulho
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for orgulhar
PropertyValue
Headwordorgulhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,403
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “orgulhar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).orgulharcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Paolo” (#18,404), “nulo” (#18,400), “patrimonial” (#18,406). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “orgulhar” fica em #18,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around orgulhar, averb. Corpus frequency is #18,403 among 385 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for orgulhar, with forms such as "ogrulhar", "orggulhar", and "orgluhar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "orgulho", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 orgulhar, spelled O-R-G-U-L-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    causar sentimento de orgulho a
  2. 2
    ter sentimento de ser melhor, bom, superior que outros

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eles muito orgulham sua nação.

Synonyms

enorgulhecer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ogrulhar
  • orggulhar
  • orgluhar
  • orguhlar
  • orgulahr
  • orgulharr
  • orgulhhar
  • orgulhra
  • orgullhar
  • orrgulhar
  • oruglhar
  • rogulhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of orgulhar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ogrulhar2orggulhar1orgluhar2orguhlar2orgulahr2orgulharr1orgulhhar1orgulhra2
Edit distance from "orgulhar"

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 "orgulhar"?
"orgulhar" is spelled O-R-G-U-L-H-A-R.
What does "orgulhar" mean?
As a verb, "orgulhar" means: causar sentimento de orgulho a
What words are commonly confused with "orgulhar"?
"orgulhar" is commonly confused with "orgulho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "orgulhar" come from?
"orgulhar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "orgulhar", 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