Which to use
“agitador” is a noun and “agitar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,273
- “agitador” frequency rank
- #16,211
- “agitar” frequency rank
- 65484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agitador | agitar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pessoa do sexo masculino que agita, promove ou incita agitação | abanar, sacudir |
Letter map: agitador vs agitar
Shared letters muted; letters that set agitador and agitar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. agitador runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against agitar's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - agitador and agitar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agitador is anoun and agitaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agitador is recorded at frequency rank #49,273, classified as anoun. agitar is at rank #16,211, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ʒi.ˈtaɾ/.
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 65484, this pair ranks #5,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agitador vs agitar
Shared letters: agirt. Private to "agitador": do. Private to "agitar": -.
"agitador" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "agitar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agitador" and "agitar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "agitador" vs "agitar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "agitador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitador" and "agitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitador vs animador". 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 #5,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.