pilhar
/pi.ˈʎaɾ/
The verdict
“pilhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,497 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,497
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saquear, roubar
Corpus desk
Index PT-pilhar · pilhar · Portuguese
pilhar · rank #53,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,497
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH polarizado
Nearest frequency peer: polarizado (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pilhar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pediátrico
pediátrico
46,514 corpus weight
- penca
penca
46,512 corpus weight
- pensante
pensante
46,511 corpus weight
- pilhar
pilhar
46,504 corpus weight
- polarizado
polarizado
46,503 corpus weight
- pretensioso
pretensioso
46,492 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pilhar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pilhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pi.ˈʎaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pilhar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pilhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,497 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pi.ˈʎaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "saquear, roubar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pilhar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pilhar, spelled P-I-L-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1saquear, roubar
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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