regar
/Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“regar” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,639
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - molhar as plantas, terra, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-regar · regar · Portuguese
regar · rank #27,639 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,639
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rebaixar
Nearest frequency peer: rebaixar (-4 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 “regar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- popularizar
popularizar
72,381 corpus weight
- porn
porn
72,380 corpus weight
- quiosque
quiosque
72,367 corpus weight
- rebaixar
rebaixar
72,366 corpus weight
- regar
regar
72,362 corpus weight
- respect
respect
72,355 corpus weight
What this shows “regar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | regar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “regar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around regar (IPA /Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,639 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for regar, with forms such as "ergar", "reagr", and "regarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reza", "rego", "rena", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is regar, spelled R-E-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1molhar as plantas, terra, etc
- 2umedecer
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergar
- reagr
- regarr
- reggar
- rgear
- rregar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).