rolar
/Ru.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“rolar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,812 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,812
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fazer girar
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 | rolar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /Ru.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rolar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rolar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Ru.ˈlaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,812 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rolar, with forms such as "orlar", "rloar", and "roalr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rosa", "rota", "rolo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is rolar, spelled R-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer girar
- 2rebolar
- 3fluir, passar de um lado para outro
- 4adiar o pagamento de uma conta
- 5mover-se sobre uma superfície girando, como uma bola ou uma roda
- 6locomover-se em cima de rodas
- 7fluir ou avançar numa corrente ou com um movimento ondulante, como ondas, fumaça ou água
- 8emitir ou ter um som profundo e longo, como um trovão, por exemplo
- 9girar em torno ou em cima de algo
- 10mover-se ao redor de algo ou em círculos, como o olho em sua órbita
- 11balançar de um lado para outro (diz-se de embarcações em águas bravias)
- 12agitar-se o mar, encarneirar-se, encresparem-se as ondas
- 13enrolar-se, formando um tubo
- 14desenvolver-se; ser apresentado
- 15acontecer
- 16mover gradualmente em relação a área de visualização disponível em um sentido virtual espacial a composição de píxeis que forma imagem de um conjunto de dados definido
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: orlar,rloar,roalr,rolarr,rollar,rolra,rrolar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rolar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “rolar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Ru.ˈlaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rosa” - see the side-by-side comparison. rolar vs rosa
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.