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“aventura” and “aventurar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,121
“aventura” frequency rank
#23,905
“aventurar” frequency rank
27026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aventura aventurar
Definition ação arriscada ação de se arriscar, de ousar fazer ou falar algo

Where the eye mixes aventura and aventurar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. aventura runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against aventurar's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
aventura
9 ch
aventurar

Why the eye confuses aventura with aventurar

A purely visual mix-up. aventura (/ɐ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/) and aventurar (/a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(h)]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “aventura” sits inside “aventurar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aventura is recorded at frequency rank #3,121, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. aventurar is at rank #23,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced /a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(h)].

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 27026, this pair ranks #42,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aventura vs aventurar

Shared letters: aenrtuv. Private to "aventura": -. Private to "aventurar": -.

"aventura" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "aventurar" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aventura ← aevntura · avenntura · aventrua · aventtura · aventuar · aventurra · avenutra · avetnura
  • aventurar ← aevnturar · avennturar · aventruar · aventturar · aventuarr · aventurarr · aventurrar · avenutrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aventura" and "aventurar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.vẽ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/ versus /a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(h)]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "aventura" or "aventurar"?
"aventura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,121 in our Portuguese list, against #23,905 for "aventurar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "aventura" and "aventurar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aventura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aventurar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aventura" and "aventurar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acentuar vs aventurar". 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 #42,013 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