filtrar vs filtro, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#16,765
“filtrar” frequency rank: #8,055
“filtro” frequency rank: 24820
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	filtrar	filtro
Definition	fazer passar por filtro	material ou aparelho que separa as matérias que se encontram misturadas em um líquido ou gás

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set filtrar and filtro apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

filtrar

6 ch

filtro

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filtrar is /fiɫ.ˈtɾaɾ/ while filtro is /ˈfiɫ.tɾu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filtrar is recorded at frequency rank #16,765, classified as averb, pronounced /fiɫ.ˈtɾaɾ/. filtro is at rank #8,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfiɫ.tɾu/.

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 24820, this pair ranks #44,668 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of filtrar vs filtro

Shared letters: filrt. Private to "filtrar": a. Private to "filtro": o.

"filtrar" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "filtro" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

filtrar ← ffiltrar · filltrar · filrtar · filtarr · filtrarr · filtrra · filtrrar · filttrar
filtro ← ffiltro · filltro · filrto · filtor · filtrro · filttro · fitlro · flitro

Frequency comparison

filtrar#16,765

filtro#8,055

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "filtrar" and "filtro" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filtrar" is a verb and "filtro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "filtrar" or "filtro"?

"filtro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,055 in our Portuguese list, against #16,765 for "filtrar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering filtrar vs filtro

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “filtrar”; for a noun, it's “filtro”.
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