bagrevsBartWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,322
“bagre” frequency rank
#15,744
“Bart” frequency rank
58066
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bagre Bart
Definition designação comum dada aos peixes da ordem Siluriformes na maior parte da América do Sul barba

Letter map: bagre vs Bart

Shared letters muted; letters that set bagre and Bart apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
bagre
4 ch
Bart

Corpus notes: bagre and Bart

bagre and Bart are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bagre is recorded at frequency rank #42,322, classified as anoun. Bart is at rank #15,744, tagged as anoun, pronounced /baːɐ̯t/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 58066, this pair ranks #8,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bagre vs Bart

Shared letters: abr. Private to "bagre": eg. Private to "Bart": t.

"bagre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Bart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bagreabgre · bager · baggre · bagrre · barge · bbagre · bgare
  • Bartabrt · barrt · bartt · batr · bbart · brat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bagre" and "Bart" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "bagre" vs "Bart" - which ranks higher?
"Bart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,744 in our Portuguese list, against #42,322 for "bagre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bagre" and "Bart".

  • Full dictionary entry for "bagre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bagre" and "Bart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baga vs bagre". 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 #8,962 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