adegavsapegarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#20,768
“adega” frequency rank
#32,459
“apegar” frequency rank
53227
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adega apegar
Definition lugar onde o vinho é armazenado fazer sentir ou sentir apego; afeiçoar-se

Letter map: adega vs apegar

Shared letters muted; letters that set adega and apegar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. adega runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against apegar's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
adega
6 ch
apegar

Part-of-speech tell for adega / apegar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adega is anoun and apegaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adega is recorded at frequency rank #20,768, classified as anoun. apegar is at rank #32,459, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.pɨ.ˈɡaɾ/.

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 53227, this pair ranks #12,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adega vs apegar

Shared letters: aeg. Private to "adega": d. Private to "apegar": pr.

"adega" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "apegar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adega ← addega · adeag · adegga · adgea · aedga · daega
  • apegar ← aepgar · apeagr · apegarr · apeggar · apegra · apgear · appegar · paegar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "adega" and "apegar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adega" is a noun and "apegar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "adega" or "apegar"?
"adega" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,768 in our Portuguese list, against #32,459 for "apegar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "adega" vs "apegar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apegar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adega" and "apegar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aparar vs apegar". 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 #12,192 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