Which to use
“apanhado” is a noun and “apanhar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,288
- “apanhado” frequency rank
- #5,911
- “apanhar” frequency rank
- 14199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apanhado | apanhar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | resumo | transitivo: |
Where the eye mixes apanhado and apanhar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. apanhado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against apanhar's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between apanhado and apanhar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apanhado is /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲa.du/ while apanhar is /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apanhado is recorded at frequency rank #8,288, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲa.du/. apanhar is at rank #5,911, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɲaɾ/.
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 14199, this pair ranks #57,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apanhado vs apanhar
Shared letters: ahnp. Private to "apanhado": do. Private to "apanhar": r.
"apanhado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "apanhar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apanhado" for "apanhar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "apanhado" or "apanhar"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "apanhado" and "apanhar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apanhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apanhar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apanhado" and "apanhar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apanhar vs aparar". 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 #57,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.