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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "jogada" and "jogar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "jogada" or "jogar" show up more?
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.