Which to use
“apagar” is a verb and “apesar” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,285
- “apagar” frequency rank
- #404
- “apesar” frequency rank
- 4689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apagar | apesar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fazer desaparecer (raspando, etc.) | não obstante |
Letter map: apagar vs apesar
Shared letters muted; letters that set apagar and apesar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for apagar / apesar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apagar is averb and apesaranadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apagar is recorded at frequency rank #4,285, classified as averb. apesar is at rank #404, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ɐ.pe.ˈzaɾ/.
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 4689, this pair ranks #70,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apagar vs apesar
Shared letters: apr. Private to "apagar": g. Private to "apesar": es.
"apagar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "apesar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apagar" for "apesar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apagar" vs "apesar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "apagar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apesar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apagar" and "apesar" 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 #70,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.