isentarvsisentoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: isentar is a verb, isento is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“isentar” is a verb and “isento” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,413
“isentar” frequency rank
#21,219
“isento” frequency rank
66632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature isentar isento
Definition tornar(-se) isento, desobrigado, dispensado, livre de; eximir(-se) desobrigado; dispensado

Letter map: isentar vs isento

Shared letters muted; letters that set isentar and isento apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. isentar runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against isento's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
isentar
6 ch
isento

Role in the sentence - isentar and isento

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: isentar is averb and isentoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

isentar is recorded at frequency rank #45,413, classified as averb. isento is at rank #21,219, tagged as anadj, pronounced /i.ˈzẽ.tu/.

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 66632, this pair ranks #4,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of isentar vs isento

Shared letters: einst. Private to "isentar": ar. Private to "isento": o.

"isentar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "isento" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • isentar ← iesntar · isenatr · isenntar · isentarr · isentra · isenttar · isetnar · isnetar
  • isento ← iesnto · isennto · isenot · isentto · isetno · issento · siento

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "isentar" and "isento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "isentar" is a verb and "isento" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "isentar" or "isento"?
"isento" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,219 in our Portuguese list, against #45,413 for "isentar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "isentar" and "isento". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "isentar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "isento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "isentar" and "isento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isenção vs isentar". 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 #4,923 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