regular

//Rɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,285

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

regular is anPortugueseadj. It means: que ocorre em intervalos igualmente espaçados de tempo ou espaço Pronounced /Rɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/. It ranks #3,285 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with revelar and rotular.

Key facts for regular
PropertyValue
Headwordregular
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/Rɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,285
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for regular is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,285 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for regular, with forms such as "ergular", "reggular", and "regluar". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "revelar", "rotular", "resultar", 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 regular, spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que ocorre em intervalos igualmente espaçados de tempo ou espaço
  2. 2
    diz-se de um verbo, substantivo, adjetivo, etc que segue os padrões usuais de flexão da língua
  3. 3
    que não varia
  4. 4
    normal
  5. 5
    relativo ao cataménio/catamênio (também chamado de menorreia, menstruação, mênstruo ou regra)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergular,reggular,regluar,regualr,regularr,regullar,regulra,reuglar,rgeular,rregular

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regular

Misspelling Variants of "regular"

ergular7reggular8regluar7regualr7regularr8regullar8regulra7reuglar7
Misspelling Variants of "regular"

Frequency rank: #3,285 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regular"?
"regular" is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "regular" mean?
As an adj, "regular" means: que ocorre em intervalos igualmente espaçados de tempo ou espaço
What words are commonly confused with "regular"?
"regular" is commonly confused with "revelar", "rotular", "resultar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regular" is /Rɨ.ɡu.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regular" come from?
"regular" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.