largarvslogarWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#6,440
“largar” frequency rank
#36,098
“logar” frequency rank
42538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largar logar
Definition deixar escapar (o que se tem na mão), soltar grafia antiga de lugar

Letter map: largar vs logar

Shared letters muted; letters that set largar and logar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
largar
5 ch
logar

Part-of-speech tell for largar / logar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largar is averb and logaranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largar is recorded at frequency rank #6,440, classified as averb, pronounced /lɐɾ.ˈɡaɾ/. 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 42538, this pair ranks #23,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of largar vs logar

Shared letters: aglr. Private to "largar": -. Private to "logar": o.

"largar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "logar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largaralrgar · lagrar · laragr · largarr · larggar · largra · larrgar · llargar
  • logarlgoar · llogar · loagr · logarr · loggar · logra · olgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "largar" and "logar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largar" is a verb and "logar" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "largar" or "logar" show up more?
"largar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,440 in our Portuguese list, against #36,098 for "logar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "largar" and "logar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "largar" 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 #23,230 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largar" 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 #23,230 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