Which to use
“agravar” is a verb and “agravo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,513
- “agravar” frequency rank
- #35,421
- “agravo” frequency rank
- 57934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agravar | agravo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação de tornar mais grave | recurso interposto num processo judiciário visando reformar decisão interlocutória proferida pelo juiz de primeira instância |
Where the eye mixes agravar and agravo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agravar runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against agravo's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses agravar with agravo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agravar is /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/ while agravo is /ɐ.ˈɡɾa.vu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agravar is recorded at frequency rank #22,513, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. agravo is at rank #35,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈɡɾa.vu/.
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 57934, this pair ranks #9,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agravar vs agravo
Shared letters: agrv. Private to "agravar": -. Private to "agravo": o.
"agravar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "agravo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agravar" and "agravo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "agravar" or "agravo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "agravar" and "agravo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "agravar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agravo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agravar" and "agravo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agravo vs arado". 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 #9,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.