amarvsataTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,349
“amar” frequency rank
#8,716
“ata” frequency rank
11065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amar ata
Definition transitivo direto registro escrito do que se passou em uma reunião

Letter map: amar vs ata

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

4 ch
amar
3 ch
ata

Grammar separator: amar vs ata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and ataanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #2,349, classified as averb. ata is at rank #8,716, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.tɐ/.

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 11065, this pair ranks #61,871 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs ata

Shared letters: a. Private to "amar": mr. Private to "ata": t.

"amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ata" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar · maar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amar" for "ata" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "ata" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "amar" or "ata" show up more?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,349 in our Portuguese list, against #8,716 for "ata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "amar" and "ata".

  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,871 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amar" and "ata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ata". 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 #61,871 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