declararvsdepararWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#6,400
“declarar” frequency rank
#21,137
“deparar” frequency rank
27537
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declarar deparar
Definition dizer, expressar, manifestar fazer surgir repentinamente; fazer encontrar; proporcionar

Letter map: declarar vs deparar

Shared letters muted; letters that set declarar and deparar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. declarar runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against deparar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
declarar
7 ch
deparar

Spelling & dictionary notes on declarar vs deparar

declarar and deparar 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 27537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declarar is recorded at frequency rank #6,400, classified as averb. deparar is at rank #21,137, tagged as averb.

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 27537, this pair ranks #41,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of declarar vs deparar

Shared letters: ader. Private to "declarar": cl. Private to "deparar": p.

"declarar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "deparar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declarar ← dcelarar · ddeclarar · decalrar · decclarar · declaarr · declararr · declarra · declarrar
  • deparar ← ddeparar · deaprar · depaarr · depararr · deparra · deparrar · depparar · depraar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "declarar" and "deparar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "declarar" vs "deparar" - which ranks higher?
"declarar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,400 in our Portuguese list, against #21,137 for "deparar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "declarar" and "deparar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "declarar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deparar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declarar" and "deparar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deparar vs desatar". 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 #41,422 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