talhar

verb

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The verdict

“talhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,660 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,660
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar

Corpus desk

Index PT-talhar · talhar · Portuguese

talhar · rank #60,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,660
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tablete

Nearest frequency peer: tablete (-1 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “talhar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “talhar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for talhar
PropertyValue
Headwordtalhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “talhar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.talharcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tablete” (#60,659), “Teodora” (#60,662), “tiete” (#60,666). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “talhar” fica em #60,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

talhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,660 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for talhar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is talhar, spelled T-A-L-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    cortar
  2. 2
    gravar, esculpir
  3. 3
    dividir proporcionalmente
  4. 4
    ser causa de, provocar
  5. 5
    abrir fendas, rachar
  6. 6
    cortar tecido à medida do corpo, para confeccionar (diz-se de peça de vestuário)
  7. 7
    imitar
  8. 8
    predispor, preparar
  9. 9
    ser banqueiro (no jogo de banca ou monte)
  10. 10
    estragar, decompor
  11. 11
    coalhar, coagular

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. As esculturas que talhou Michelangelo tornaram-se icônicas.
  2. Talhei a laranja em dois pedaços.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "talhar"?
"talhar" is spelled T-A-L-H-A-R.
What does "talhar" mean?
As a verb, "talhar" means: cortar
What language does "talhar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "talhar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soalho#60,639aquoso#60,740pitaco#60,561murcho#60,523

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list