acharvsamarTell them apart

Quick tell: achar is a noun, amar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“achar” is a noun and “amar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,062
“achar” frequency rank
#2,349
“amar” frequency rank
3411
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature achar amar
Definition conserva indiana (de peixe, fruta ou vegetal) transitivo direto

Letter map: achar vs amar

Shared letters muted; letters that set achar and amar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
achar
4 ch
amar

Role in the sentence - achar and amar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: achar is anoun and amaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

achar is recorded at frequency rank #1,062, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈʃaɾ/. amar is at rank #2,349, 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 3411, this pair ranks #71,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of achar vs amar

Shared letters: ar. Private to "achar": ch. Private to "amar": m.

"achar" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acharacahr · acchar · acharr · achhar · achra · ahcar · cahar
  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar · maar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "achar" for "amar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "achar" is a noun and "amar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "achar" vs "amar" - which ranks higher?
"achar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,062 in our Portuguese list, against #2,349 for "amar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "achar" and "amar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "achar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "achar" and "amar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amar vs atar". 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 #71,746 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list