jogarvsjorrarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“jogar” and “jorrar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#918
“jogar” frequency rank
#45,903
“jorrar” frequency rank
46821
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jogar jorrar
Definition fazer apostas em jogo besuntar com jorra

Letter map: jogar vs jorrar

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

5 ch
jogar
6 ch
jorrar

Corpus notes: jogar and jorrar

jogar and jorrar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jogar is recorded at frequency rank #918, classified as averb. jorrar is at rank #45,903, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʒu.ˈRaɾ/.

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 46821, this pair ranks #18,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of jogar vs jorrar

Shared letters: ajor. Private to "jogar": g. Private to "jorrar": -.

"jogar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "jorrar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jogar ← jgoar · jjogar · joagr · jogarr · joggar · jogra · ojgar
  • jorrar ← jjorrar · jorar · jorarr · jorrarr · jorrra · jrorar · ojrrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jogar" and "jorrar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "jogar" or "jorrar" show up more?
"jogar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #918 in our Portuguese list, against #45,903 for "jorrar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jogar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jorrar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jogar" and "jorrar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jarra 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 #18,484 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