Which to use
“criar” is a verb and “crime” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #686
- “criar” frequency rank
- #886
- “crime” frequency rank
- 1572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criar | crime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alimentar, sustentar, amamentar | conduta descrita na legislação penal como sendo proibida, por meio de um tipo penal |
Where the eye mixes criar and crime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: criar vs crime
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: criar is /kɾi.ˈaɾ/ while crime is /ˈkɾi.mɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
criar is recorded at frequency rank #686, classified as averb, pronounced /kɾi.ˈaɾ/. crime is at rank #886, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi.mɨ/.
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 1572, this pair ranks #73,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of criar vs crime
Shared letters: cir. Private to "criar": a. Private to "crime": em.
"criar" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "crime" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "criar" for "crime" ever safe?
Frequency check: "criar" vs "crime" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "criar" and "crime" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "criar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "criar" and "crime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs criar". 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 #73,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.