ralhar

/Rɐ.ˈʎaɾ/

//Rɐ.ˈʎaɾ// verb

The verdict

“ralhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,174 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,174
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - repreender em voz alta

Corpus desk

Index PT-ralhar · ralhar · Portuguese

ralhar · rank #84,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,174
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH quarentão

Nearest frequency peer: quarentão (-5 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 “ralhar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ralhar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ralhar
PropertyValue
Headwordralhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#84,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ralhar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ralharcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “quarentão” (#84,169), “puritanismo” (#84,166), “purgar” (#84,165). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “ralhar” fica em #84,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ralhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,174 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /Rɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ralhar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ralhar, spelled R-A-L-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    repreender em voz alta
  2. 2
    gritar
  3. 3
    barafustar

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 "ralhar"?
"ralhar" is spelled R-A-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɐ.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "ralhar" mean?
As a verb, "ralhar" means: repreender em voz alta
How do you pronounce "ralhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ralhar" is /Rɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ralhar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ralhar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list