Which to use
“apagado” is an adjective and “apagar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,658
- “apagado” frequency rank
- #4,285
- “apagar” frequency rank
- 17943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apagado | apagar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | extinto | fazer desaparecer (raspando, etc.) |
Letter map: apagado vs apagar
Shared letters muted; letters that set apagado and apagar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. apagado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against apagar's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for apagado / apagar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apagado is anadjective and apagaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apagado is recorded at frequency rank #13,658, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɡa.du/. apagar is at rank #4,285, 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 17943, this pair ranks #53,171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apagado vs apagar
Shared letters: agp. Private to "apagado": do. Private to "apagar": r.
"apagado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "apagar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apagado" for "apagar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apagado" vs "apagar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "apagado" and "apagar".
- Full dictionary entry for "apagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apagar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apagado" and "apagar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apagar vs aplacar". 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 #53,171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.