trabalhar

/tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/

//tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ// verb

The verdict

“trabalhar” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#575
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - realizar alguma atividade em troca de remuneração

Corpus desk

Index PT-trabalhar · trabalhar · Portuguese

trabalhar · rank #575 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #575
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH sucesso

Nearest frequency peer: sucesso (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “trabalhar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “trabalhar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

trabalhar vs trabalho
78% similar
trabalhar vs trapalhão
67% similar
trabalhar vs trabalharem
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “trabalhar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).trabalharcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sucesso” (#574), “vale” (#576), “viver” (#577). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “trabalhar” fica em #575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around trabalhar (IPA /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #575 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for trabalhar, with forms such as "rtabalhar", "tarbalhar", and "traablhar". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "trabalho", "trapalhão", "trabalharem", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is trabalhar, spelled T-R-A-B-A-L-H-A-R.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A nova medicina permite-nos viver e trabalhar por mais tempo, mas a extinção de capacitações se acelera e ninguém quer mais saber de “velhos”.
  2. Preciso aprender a trabalhar o aço para obter as peças que desejo.

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trabalhar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rtabalhar2tarbalhar2traablhar2trabahlar2trabalahr2trabalharr1trabalhhar1trabalhra2
Edit distance from "trabalhar"

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 "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list