Which to use
“escuta” is a noun and “escutar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,149
- “escuta” frequency rank
- #4,472
- “escutar” frequency rank
- 8621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escuta | escutar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de escutar | prestar atenção auditiva; dar ouvidos |
Letter map: escuta vs escutar
Shared letters muted; letters that set escuta and escutar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. escuta runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against escutar's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: escuta vs escutar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: escuta is anoun and escutaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “escuta” sits inside “escutar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escuta is recorded at frequency rank #4,149, classified as anoun. escutar is at rank #4,472, tagged as averb, pronounced /iʃ.ku.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 8621, this pair ranks #65,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escuta vs escutar
Shared letters: acestu. Private to "escuta": -. Private to "escutar": r.
"escuta" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "escutar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "escuta" and "escutar". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "escuta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escutar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escuta" and "escutar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escoar vs escutar". 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 #65,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.