captarvscartazConfusable pair

Quick tell: captar is a verb, cartaz is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“captar” is a verb and “cartaz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,666
“captar” frequency rank
#6,274
“cartaz” frequency rank
16940
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature captar cartaz
Definition atrair por captação papel grande que contém um ou mais anúncios, e destinado a afixar-se em lugar público

Letter map: captar vs cartaz

Shared letters muted; letters that set captar and cartaz apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
captar
6 ch
cartaz

Role in the sentence - captar and cartaz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: captar is averb and cartazanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

captar is recorded at frequency rank #10,666, classified as averb, pronounced /kɐ.pˈtaɾ/. cartaz is at rank #6,274, tagged as anoun.

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 16940, this pair ranks #54,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of captar vs cartaz

Shared letters: acrt. Private to "captar": p. Private to "cartaz": z.

"captar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "cartaz" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • captaracptar · capatr · capptar · captarr · captra · capttar · catpar · ccaptar
  • cartazacrtaz · caratz · carrtaz · cartazz · carttaz · cartza · catraz · ccartaz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "captar" for "cartaz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "captar" is a verb and "cartaz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "captar" vs "cartaz" - which ranks higher?
"cartaz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,274 in our Portuguese list, against #10,666 for "captar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "captar" and "cartaz". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "captar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cartaz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "captar" and "cartaz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captar vs copta". 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 #54,450 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