amarvsazarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,349
“amar” frequency rank
#6,840
“azar” frequency rank
9189
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amar azar
Definition transitivo direto má sorte

Letter map: amar vs azar

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

4 ch
amar
4 ch
azar

Part-of-speech tell for amar / azar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and azaranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - m in “amar” becomes z in “azar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #2,349, classified as averb. azar is at rank #6,840, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.zaɾ/.

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 9189, this pair ranks #64,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs azar

Shared letters: ar. Private to "amar": m. Private to "azar": z.

"amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "azar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar · maar
  • azaraazr · azarr · azra · azzar · zaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amar" for "azar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "azar" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "amar" vs "azar" - which ranks higher?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,349 in our Portuguese list, against #6,840 for "azar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "amar" vs "azar" 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 "azar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amar" and "azar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs azar". 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 #64,329 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