agitadorvsagitarConfusable pair

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

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.

8 ch
agitador
6 ch
agitar

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

  • agitadoraggitador · agiatdor · agitaddor · agitadorr · agitadro · agitaodr · agitdaor · agittador
  • agitaraggitar · agiatr · agitarr · agitra · agittar · agtiar · aigtar · gaitar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitador" and "agitar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitador" is a noun and "agitar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "agitador" vs "agitar" - which ranks higher?
"agitar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,211 in our Portuguese list, against #49,273 for "agitador". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "agitador" and "agitar". Here's where to go from here.

  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list