Which to use
“imaginar” is a verb and “imaginário” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,192
- “imaginar” frequency rank
- #8,349
- “imaginário” frequency rank
- 10541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imaginar | imaginário |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | criar na imaginação, criar imagem na mente | que só existe na imaginação |
Letter map: imaginar vs imaginário
Shared letters muted; letters that set imaginar and imaginário apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. imaginar runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against imaginário's 10 (VCVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: imaginar vs imaginário
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: imaginar is averb and imaginárioanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imaginar is recorded at frequency rank #2,192, classified as averb, pronounced /i.mɐ.ʒi.ˈnaɾ/. imaginário is at rank #8,349, tagged as anadj.
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 10541, this pair ranks #62,524 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of imaginar vs imaginário
Shared letters: agimnr. Private to "imaginar": -. Private to "imaginário": oá.
"imaginar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "imaginário" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- imaginar ← iamginar · imagginar · imagianr · imaginarr · imaginnar · imaginra · imagniar · imaignar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "imaginar" and "imaginário" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "imaginar" vs "imaginário" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "imaginar" vs "imaginário" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imaginário" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,524 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imaginar" and "imaginário" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imaginação vs imaginário". 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 #62,524 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.