drogarvsdrogariaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#33,380
“drogar” frequency rank
#43,393
“drogaria” frequency rank
76773
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature drogar drogaria
Definition administrar medicamentos a; medicar. estabelecimento onde se vendem drogas

Letter map: drogar vs drogaria

Shared letters muted; letters that set drogar and drogaria apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

6 ch
drogar
8 ch
drogaria

Role in the sentence - drogar and drogaria

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: drogar is averb and drogariaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “drogar” sits inside “drogaria”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

drogar is recorded at frequency rank #33,380, classified as averb. drogaria is at rank #43,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɾu.ɡɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/.

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 76773, this pair ranks #2,028 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of drogar vs drogaria

Shared letters: adgor. Private to "drogar": -. Private to "drogaria": i.

"drogar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "drogaria" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • drogarddrogar · dorgar · drgoar · droagr · drogarr · droggar · drogra · drrogar
  • drogariaddrogaria · dorgaria · drgoaria · droagria · drogaira · drogarai · drogarria · droggaria

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "drogar" and "drogaria" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "drogar" is a verb and "drogaria" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "drogar" or "drogaria"?
"drogar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,380 in our Portuguese list, against #43,393 for "drogaria". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "drogar" and "drogaria". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "drogar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "drogaria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,028 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "drogar" and "drogaria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drogar vs drogo". 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 #2,028 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