jogadavsjogarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: jogada is a noun, jogar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,737
“jogada” frequency rank
#918
“jogar” frequency rank
5655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jogada jogar
Definition ato de jogar fazer apostas em jogo

Letter map: jogada vs jogar

Shared letters muted; letters that set jogada and jogar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. jogada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against jogar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
jogada
5 ch
jogar

Part-of-speech tell for jogada / jogar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jogada is anoun and jogaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jogada is recorded at frequency rank #4,737, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʒu.ˈɡa.dɐ/. jogar is at rank #918, tagged as averb.

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 5655, this pair ranks #68,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jogada vs jogar

Shared letters: agjo. Private to "jogada": d. Private to "jogar": r.

"jogada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "jogar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jogada ← jgoada · jjogada · joagda · jogaad · jogadda · jogdaa · joggada · ojgada
  • jogar ← jgoar · jjogar · joagr · jogarr · joggar · jogra · ojgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jogada" and "jogar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jogada" is a noun and "jogar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "jogada" or "jogar" show up more?
"jogar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #918 in our Portuguese list, against #4,737 for "jogada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "jogada" and "jogar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "jogada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jogar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jogada" and "jogar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jogar vs jorrar". 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 #68,921 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