Which to use
“dear” is an adjective and “ditar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,263
- “dear” frequency rank
- #24,613
- “ditar” frequency rank
- 44876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dear | ditar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | querido; amado | dizer em voz alta, para que outrem escreva o que se vai dizendo |
Where the eye mixes dear and ditar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dear vs ditar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dear is /dɪɹ/ while ditar is /di.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dear is recorded at frequency rank #20,263, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɪɹ/. ditar is at rank #24,613, tagged as averb, pronounced /di.ˈtaɾ/.
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 44876, this pair ranks #20,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dear vs ditar
Shared letters: adr. Private to "dear": e. Private to "ditar": it.
"dear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "ditar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dear" for "ditar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dear" or "ditar"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dear" and "ditar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ditar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dear" and "ditar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dit vs ditar". 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 #20,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.