Which to use
“afogado” is an adjective and “afogar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,856
- “afogado” frequency rank
- #15,247
- “afogar” frequency rank
- 38103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afogado | afogar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se afogou | matar alguém por afogamento, asfixia ou estrangulamento |
Letter map: afogado vs afogar
Shared letters muted; letters that set afogado and afogar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. afogado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against afogar's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for afogado / afogar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: afogado is anadjective and afogaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afogado is recorded at frequency rank #22,856, classified as anadj. afogar is at rank #15,247, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.fu.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 38103, this pair ranks #28,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of afogado vs afogar
Shared letters: afgo. Private to "afogado": d. Private to "afogar": r.
"afogado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "afogar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afogado" and "afogar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "afogado" or "afogar"?
After this comparison
Pair "afogado" vs "afogar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "afogado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afogar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afogado" and "afogar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afinado vs afogado". 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 #28,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.