editorvsevitarConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#2,720
“editor” frequency rank
#1,168
“evitar” frequency rank
3888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature editor evitar
Definition o que ou aquele que edita: procurar não fazer ou dizer (algo)

Letter map: editor vs evitar

Shared letters muted; letters that set editor and evitar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
editor
6 ch
evitar

Part-of-speech tell for editor / evitar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: editor is anoun and evitaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

editor is recorded at frequency rank #2,720, classified as anoun. evitar is at rank #1,168, tagged as averb, pronounced /i.vi.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 3888, this pair ranks #71,184 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of editor vs evitar

Shared letters: eirt. Private to "editor": do. Private to "evitar": av.

"editor" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "evitar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editordeitor · edditor · ediotr · editorr · editro · edittor · edtior · eidtor
  • evitareivtar · eviatr · evitarr · evitra · evittar · evtiar · evvitar · veitar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "editor" for "evitar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "editor" is a noun and "evitar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "editor" or "evitar"?
"evitar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,168 in our Portuguese list, against #2,720 for "editor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "editor" vs "evitar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "editor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,184 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "editor" and "evitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Edite vs editor". 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 #71,184 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