larvslogarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,089
“lar” frequency rank
#36,098
“logar” frequency rank
39187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lar logar
Definition residência, habitação grafia antiga de lugar

Letter map: lar vs logar

Shared letters muted; letters that set lar and logar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
lar
5 ch
logar

Corpus notes: lar and logar

lar and logar 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lar is recorded at frequency rank #3,089, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈlaɾ/. logar is at rank #36,098, tagged as anoun.

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 39187, this pair ranks #27,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lar vs logar

Shared letters: alr. Private to "lar": -. Private to "logar": go.

"lar" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "logar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logarlgoar · llogar · loagr · logarr · loggar · logra · olgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lar" and "logar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 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 "lar" or "logar" show up more?
"lar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,089 in our Portuguese list, against #36,098 for "logar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "lar" vs "logar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lar" and "logar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loção vs logar". 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 #27,110 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