Which to use
“acabar” and “apagar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #841
- “acabar” frequency rank
- #4,285
- “apagar” frequency rank
- 5126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acabar | apagar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir | fazer desaparecer (raspando, etc.) |
Letter map: acabar vs apagar
Shared letters muted; letters that set acabar and apagar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. acabar and apagar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - acabar / apagar
acabar and apagar 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acabar is recorded at frequency rank #841, classified as averb. apagar is at rank #4,285, 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 5126, this pair ranks #69,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acabar vs apagar
Shared letters: ar. Private to "acabar": bc. Private to "apagar": gp.
"acabar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "apagar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acabar" and "apagar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acabar" or "apagar"?
What to do next
You've compared "acabar" and "apagar". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "acabar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apagar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acabar" and "apagar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apagar vs aplacar". 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 #69,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.