apararvsapartTell them apart

Quick tell: aparar is a verb, apart is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aparar” is a verb and “apart” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,423
“aparar” frequency rank
#30,820
“apart” frequency rank
71243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aparar apart
Definition segurar ou apanhar algo em queda ou atirado; parar golpe: à parte, de parte * Sinônimos pt: em separado, separadamente, isoladamente, particularmente;

Letter map: aparar vs apart

Shared letters muted; letters that set aparar and apart apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aparar runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against apart's 5 (VCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aparar
5 ch
apart

Part-of-speech tell for aparar / apart

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aparar is averb and apartanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aparar is recorded at frequency rank #40,423, classified as averb. apart is at rank #30,820, tagged as anadv.

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 71243, this pair ranks #3,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aparar vs apart

Shared letters: apr. Private to "aparar": -. Private to "apart": t.

"aparar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apararaaprar · apaarr · apararr · aparra · aparrar · apparar · apraar · paarar
  • apartaaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · appart · aprat · paart

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aparar" and "apart" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aparar" is a verb and "apart" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aparar" vs "apart" - which ranks higher?
"apart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,820 in our Portuguese list, against #40,423 for "aparar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aparar" and "apart".

  • Full dictionary entry for "aparar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aparar" and "apart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aparar vs arar". 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 #3,399 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