rezar

//Rɨ.ˈzaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,464

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rezar is aPortugueseverb. It means: apresentar um pedido ou agradecimento (por graça alcançada) a Deus ou a um objeto de devoção Pronounced /Rɨ.ˈzaɾ/. It ranks #7,464 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with rolar and rodar.

Key facts for rezar
PropertyValue
Headwordrezar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/Rɨ.ˈzaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,464
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for rezar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Rɨ.ˈzaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,464 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rezar, with forms such as "erzar", "reazr", and "rezarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rolar", "rodar", "rumar", 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 rezar, spelled R-E-Z-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    apresentar um pedido ou agradecimento (por graça alcançada) a Deus ou a um objeto de devoção
  2. 2
    dizer, prescrever

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erzar,reazr,rezarr,rezra,rezzar,rrezar,rzear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rezar

Misspelling Variants of "rezar"

erzar5reazr5rezarr6rezra5rezzar6rrezar6rzear5
Misspelling Variants of "rezar"

Frequency rank: #7,464 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rezar"?
"rezar" is spelled R-E-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.ˈzaɾ/.
What does "rezar" mean?
As a verb, "rezar" means: apresentar um pedido ou agradecimento (por graça alcançada) a Deus ou a um objeto de devoção
What words are commonly confused with "rezar"?
"rezar" is commonly confused with "rolar", "rodar", "rumar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rezar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rezar" is /Rɨ.ˈzaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rezar" come from?
"rezar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Portuguese index:

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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.