sovar
/su.ˈvaɾ/
The verdict
“sovar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bater (a massa do pão, por exemplo)
Corpus desk
Index PT-sovar · sovar · Portuguese
sovar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sovar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /su.ˈvaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sovar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sovar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /su.ˈvaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for sovar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sovar, spelled S-O-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1bater (a massa do pão, por exemplo)
- 2dar uma sova, uma surra
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.