apartvsazarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#30,820
“apart” frequency rank
#6,840
“azar” frequency rank
37660
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apart azar
Definition à parte, de parte * Sinônimos pt: em separado, separadamente, isoladamente, particularmente; má sorte

Letter map: apart vs azar

Shared letters muted; letters that set apart and azar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. apart runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against azar's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
apart
4 ch
azar

Grammar separator: apart vs azar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apart is anadverb and azaranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apart is recorded at frequency rank #30,820, classified as anadv. azar is at rank #6,840, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.zaɾ/.

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 37660, this pair ranks #28,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apart vs azar

Shared letters: ar. Private to "apart": pt. Private to "azar": z.

"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "azar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · appart · aprat · paart
  • azar ← aazr · azarr · azra · azzar · zaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apart" and "azar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apart" is an adverb and "azar" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apart" or "azar"?
"azar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,840 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.

What to do next

Pair "apart" vs "azar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "azar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apart" and "azar" 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 #28,916 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