amar vs apart, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,349
“amar” frequency rank: #30,820
“apart” frequency rank: 33169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	amar	apart
Definition	transitivo direto	à parte, de parte * Sinônimos pt: em separado, separadamente, isoladamente, particularmente;

Letter map: amar vs apart

Shared letters muted; letters that set amar and apart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

amar

5 ch

apart

Grammar separator: amar vs apart

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and apartanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #2,349, classified as averb. apart is at rank #30,820, tagged as anadv.

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 33169, this pair ranks #34,421 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs apart

Shared letters: ar. Private to "amar": m. Private to "apart": pt.

"amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

amar ← aamr · amarr · ammar · maar
apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · appart · aprat · paart

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amar" and "apart" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "apart" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "amar" vs "apart" - which ranks higher?

"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,349 in our Portuguese list, against #30,820 for "apart". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "amar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "apart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #34,421 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"amar" and "apart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs atar". 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 #34,421 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.