apartvsararaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: apart is a adverb, arara is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#30,820
“apart” frequency rank
#21,084
“arara” frequency rank
51904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apart arara
Definition à parte, de parte * Sinônimos pt: em separado, separadamente, isoladamente, particularmente; ave tropical da família dos psitacídeos

Letter map: apart vs arara

Shared letters muted; letters that set apart and arara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. apart (VCVCC) and arara (VCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
apart
5 ch
arara

Grammar separator: apart vs arara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apart is anadverb and araraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apart is recorded at frequency rank #30,820, classified as anadv. arara is at rank #21,084, tagged as anoun.

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 51904, this pair ranks #13,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apart vs arara

Shared letters: ar. Private to "apart": pt. Private to "arara": -.

"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "arara" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · appart · aprat · paart
  • arara ← aarra · araar · ararra · arraa · arrara · raara

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apart" and "arara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apart" is an adverb and "arara" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apart" or "arara"?
"arara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,084 in our Portuguese list, against #30,820 for "apart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "apart" and "arara". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apart" and "arara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs atar". 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 #13,200 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