Which to use
“engolir” and “enrolar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,352
- “engolir” frequency rank
- #14,355
- “enrolar” frequency rank
- 24707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engolir | enrolar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mover da boca para o estômago | formar um rolo |
Where the eye mixes engolir and enrolar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. engolir and enrolar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: engolir vs enrolar
A purely visual mix-up. engolir (/ẽ.ɡo.ˈliχ/) and enrolar (/ẽ.Ru.ˈlaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engolir is recorded at frequency rank #10,352, classified as averb, pronounced /ẽ.ɡo.ˈliχ/. enrolar is at rank #14,355, tagged as averb, pronounced /ẽ.Ru.ˈlaɾ/.
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 24707, this pair ranks #44,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engolir vs enrolar
Shared letters: elnor. Private to "engolir": gi. Private to "enrolar": a.
"engolir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "enrolar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "engolir" for "enrolar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "engolir" vs "enrolar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "engolir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enrolar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engolir" and "enrolar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enjoar vs enrolar". 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 #44,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.