âmagovsamarTell them apart

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

Which to use

“âmago” is a noun and “amar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,708
“âmago” frequency rank
#2,349
“amar” frequency rank
39057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature âmago amar
Definition cerne, centro transitivo direto

Letter map: âmago vs amar

Shared letters muted; letters that set âmago and amar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
âmago
4 ch
amar

Role in the sentence - âmago and amar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: âmago is anoun and amaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

âmago is recorded at frequency rank #36,708, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɐ.ma.gu/ ou /ˈɐ.mɐ.gu/. amar is at rank #2,349, tagged as averb.

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 39057, this pair ranks #27,289 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of âmago vs amar

Shared letters: am. Private to "âmago": goâ. Private to "amar": r.

"âmago" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar · maar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "âmago" and "amar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "âmago" is a noun and "amar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "âmago" or "amar" show up more?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,349 in our Portuguese list, against #36,708 for "âmago". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "âmago" and "amar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "âmago" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,289 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "âmago" and "amar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs âmago". 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 #27,289 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