Which to use
“arrasta” is a verb and “arrasto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,508
- “arrasta” frequency rank
- #28,462
- “arrasto” frequency rank
- 43970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrasta | arrasto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo arrastar | ato ou efeito de arrastar; arrastamento |
Letter map: arrasta vs arrasto
Shared letters muted; letters that set arrasta and arrasto apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. arrasta and arrasto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for arrasta / arrasto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arrasta is averb and arrastoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “arrasta” becomes o in “arrasto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrasta is recorded at frequency rank #15,508, classified as averb. arrasto is at rank #28,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈRa.stu/.
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 43970, this pair ranks #21,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrasta vs arrasto
Shared letters: arst. Private to "arrasta": -. Private to "arrasto": o.
"arrasta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "arrasto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "arrasta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrasto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrasta" and "arrasto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arraia vs arrasta". 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 #21,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.