Which to use
“trabalhar” and “trabalharem” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #575
- “trabalhar” frequency rank
- #17,654
- “trabalharem” frequency rank
- 18229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trabalhar | trabalharem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | realizar alguma atividade em troca de remuneração | terceira pessoa do plural do futuro do conjuntivo do verbo trabalhar |
Letter map: trabalhar vs trabalharem
Shared letters muted; letters that set trabalhar and trabalharem apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Pair insight - trabalhar / trabalharem
trabalhar and trabalharem are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “trabalhar” sits inside “trabalharem”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trabalhar is recorded at frequency rank #575, classified as averb, pronounced /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. trabalharem is at rank #17,654, tagged as averb.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18229, this pair ranks #52,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of trabalhar vs trabalharem
Shared letters: abhlrt. Private to "trabalhar": -. Private to "trabalharem": em.
"trabalhar" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "trabalharem" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trabalhar ← rtabalhar · tarbalhar · traablhar · trabahlar · trabalahr · trabalharr · trabalhhar · trabalhra
- trabalharem ← rtabalharem · tarbalharem · traablharem · trabahlarem · trabalahrem · trabalhaerm · trabalharemm · trabalharme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trabalhar" and "trabalharem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "trabalhar" or "trabalharem"?
What to do next
Pair "trabalhar" vs "trabalharem" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "trabalhar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trabalharem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trabalhar" and "trabalharem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabalhar vs trapalhão". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #52,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.