Which to use
“concertar” and “concordar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,230
- “concertar” frequency rank
- #5,073
- “concordar” frequency rank
- 51303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concertar | concordar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | colocar em ordem ou harmonia | ter a mesma opinião que outra pessoa |
Where the eye mixes concertar and concordar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concertar and concordar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: concertar vs concordar
A purely visual mix-up. concertar (/kõ.seɾ.ˈtaɾ/, /kõ.seɾ.ˈta/) and concordar (/kõ.kuɾ.ˈdaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concertar is recorded at frequency rank #46,230, classified as averb, pronounced /kõ.seɾ.ˈtaɾ/, /kõ.seɾ.ˈta/. concordar is at rank #5,073, tagged as averb, pronounced /kõ.kuɾ.ˈdaɾ/.
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 51303, this pair ranks #13,710 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of concertar vs concordar
Shared letters: acnor. Private to "concertar": et. Private to "concordar": d.
"concertar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "concordar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concertar" and "concordar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "concertar" vs "concordar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "concertar" and "concordar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concertar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concordar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,710 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concertar" and "concordar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertar vs confortar". 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 #13,710 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.