tomara
The verdict
“tomara” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,116 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #9,116
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa desejo de bons resultados
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 | tomara |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tomara” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for tomara is 6 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #9,116 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tomara, with forms such as "otmara", "tmoara", and "toamra". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "topar", "tomate", "tombar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tomara, spelled T-O-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1expressa desejo de bons resultados
- 2expressa desejo de que o expresso assim seja
- 3expressa desejo de que o exposto como possibilidade em uma situação condicional, factualmente ocorra
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otmara,tmoara,toamra,tomaar,tomarra,tommara,tomraa,ttomara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tomara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “tomara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-M-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “topar” - see the side-by-side comparison. tomara vs topar
- 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.