Which to use
“arrasta” is a verb and “arrastão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,508
- “arrasta” frequency rank
- #23,567
- “arrastão” frequency rank
- 39075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrasta | arrastão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo arrastar | assalto perpetrado por um ou vários grupos de indivíduos em sítio público |
Letter map: arrasta vs arrastão
Shared letters muted; letters that set arrasta and arrastão apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for arrasta / arrastão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arrasta is averb and arrastãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrasta is recorded at frequency rank #15,508, classified as averb. arrastão is at rank #23,567, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.Rɐʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
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 39075, this pair ranks #27,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrasta vs arrastão
Shared letters: arst. Private to "arrasta": -. Private to "arrastão": oã.
"arrasta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "arrastão" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrasta ← ararsta · arasta · arrasat · arrassta · arrastta · arratsa · arrsata · rarasta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrasta" for "arrastão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrasta" vs "arrastão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "arrasta" and "arrastão".
- Full dictionary entry for "arrasta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrasta" and "arrastão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arranhão vs arrastão". 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 #27,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.