Which to use
“água” and “ara” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #254
- “água” frequency rank
- #21,083
- “ara” frequency rank
- 21337
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | água | ara |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | substância (H₂O) líquida e incolor, insípida e inodora, essencial para a vida da maior parte dos organismos vivos e excelente solvente para muitas outras substâncias; óxido de hidrogênio | altar |
Where the eye mixes água and ara
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: água vs ara
A purely visual mix-up. água (/ˈa.gwɐ/) and ara (/ˈa.ɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
água is recorded at frequency rank #254, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.gwɐ/. ara is at rank #21,083, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.ɾɐ/.
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 21337, this pair ranks #48,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of água vs ara
Shared letters: a. Private to "água": guá. Private to "ara": r.
"água" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "ara" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "água" and "ara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "água" vs "ara" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "água" and "ara" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "água" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "água" and "ara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ara". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #48,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.