Which to use
“abraçar” and “agravar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,588
- “abraçar” frequency rank
- #22,513
- “agravar” frequency rank
- 30101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abraçar | agravar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | envolver com os braços | ação de tornar mais grave |
Where the eye mixes abraçar and agravar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. abraçar and agravar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: abraçar vs agravar
A purely visual mix-up. abraçar (/ɐ.bɾɐ.ˈsaɾ/) and agravar (/ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abraçar is recorded at frequency rank #7,588, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.bɾɐ.ˈsaɾ/. agravar is at rank #22,513, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/.
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 30101, this pair ranks #38,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abraçar vs agravar
Shared letters: ar. Private to "abraçar": bç. Private to "agravar": gv.
"abraçar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "agravar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agravar ← agarvar · aggravar · agraavr · agravarr · agravra · agravvar · agrravar · agrvaar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abraçar" and "agravar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "abraçar" or "agravar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abraçar" and "agravar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abraçar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agravar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abraçar" and "agravar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agravar vs atracar". 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 #38,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.