telefonar
The verdict
“telefonar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #29,537 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #29,537
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - falar com alguém pelo telefone
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 | telefonar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “telefonar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for telefonar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #29,537 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for telefonar, with forms such as "etlefonar", "teelfonar", and "teleffonar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "telefone", "telefonia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is telefonar, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1falar com alguém pelo telefone
- 2realizar tentativa de comunicação com alguém por meio de ligação telefônica
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etlefonar,teelfonar,teleffonar,telefnoar,telefoanr,telefonarr,telefonnar,telefonra,teleofnar,telfeonar,tellefonar,tleefonar,ttelefonar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of telefonar - 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 “telefonar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-L-E-F-O-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “telefone” - see the side-by-side comparison. telefonar vs telefone
- 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.