trabalhar

//tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ// verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#575

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

trabalhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: realizar alguma atividade em troca de remuneração Pronounced /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. It ranks #575 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with trabalho and trapalhão.

Key facts for trabalhar
PropertyValue
Headwordtrabalhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#575
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of trabalhar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for trabalhar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #575 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for trabalhar, with forms such as "rtabalhar", "tarbalhar", and "traablhar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "trabalho", "trapalhão", "trabalharem", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is trabalhar, spelled T-R-A-B-A-L-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    realizar alguma atividade em troca de remuneração
  2. 2
    alterar a forma ou composição de alguma matéria-prima
  3. 3
    fazer algum tipo de obra artística
  4. 4
    empenhar-ser para realizar uma tarefa

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtabalhar,tarbalhar,traablhar,trabahlar,trabalahr,trabalharr,trabalhhar,trabalhra,traballhar,trabbalhar,trablahar,trbaalhar,trrabalhar,ttrabalhar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trabalhar

Misspelling Variants of "trabalhar"

rtabalhar9tarbalhar9traablhar9trabahlar9trabalahr9trabalharr10trabalhhar10trabalhra9
Misspelling Variants of "trabalhar"

Frequency rank: #575 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trabalhar"?
"trabalhar" is spelled T-R-A-B-A-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "trabalhar" mean?
As a verb, "trabalhar" means: realizar alguma atividade em troca de remuneração
What words are commonly confused with "trabalhar"?
"trabalhar" is commonly confused with "trabalho", "trapalhão", "trabalharem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trabalhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trabalhar" is /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trabalhar" come from?
"trabalhar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.