amarvsararaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,349
“amar” frequency rank
#21,084
“arara” frequency rank
23433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amar arara
Definition transitivo direto ave tropical da família dos psitacídeos

Letter map: amar vs arara

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

4 ch
amar
5 ch
arara

Part-of-speech tell for amar / arara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and araraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #2,349, classified as averb. arara is at rank #21,084, tagged as anoun.

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 23433, this pair ranks #46,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs arara

Shared letters: ar. Private to "amar": m. Private to "arara": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar · maar
  • araraaarra · araar · ararra · arraa · arrara · raara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "amar" and "arara" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "arara" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "amar" or "arara" show up more?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,349 in our Portuguese list, against #21,084 for "arara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "amar" vs "arara" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amar" and "arara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arara 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 #46,400 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