Which to use
“jogar” and “julgar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #918
- “jogar” frequency rank
- #4,076
- “julgar” frequency rank
- 4994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jogar | julgar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fazer apostas em jogo | emitir juízo |
Letter map: jogar vs julgar
Shared letters muted; letters that set jogar and julgar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. jogar runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against julgar's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: jogar and julgar
jogar and julgar 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 4994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jogar is recorded at frequency rank #918, classified as averb. julgar is at rank #4,076, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʒuɫ.ˈɡaɾ/.
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 4994, this pair ranks #69,737 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jogar vs julgar
Shared letters: agjr. Private to "jogar": o. Private to "julgar": lu.
"jogar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "julgar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "jogar" and "julgar". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "jogar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "julgar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,737 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jogar" and "julgar" 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 #69,737 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.