tachar

verb

The verdict

“tachar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - censurar; recriminar; pôr defeito

Corpus desk

Index PT-tachar · tachar · Portuguese

tachar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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.

Key facts for tachar
PropertyValue
Headwordtachar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tachar” em português

tacharnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tachar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "censurar; recriminar; pôr defeito".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tachar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tachar, spelled T-A-C-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    censurar; recriminar; pôr defeito

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tachar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mesmo que se possa tachar de muito conservadora a política monetária, será preciso uma sintonia fina e não a sua rejeição.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tachar"?
"tachar" is spelled T-A-C-H-A-R.
What does "tachar" mean?
As a verb, "tachar" means: censurar; recriminar; pôr defeito
What language does "tachar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list