levarvslogarWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#522
“levar” frequency rank
#36,098
“logar” frequency rank
36620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levar logar
Definition transportar consigo grafia antiga de lugar

Letter map: levar vs logar

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

5 ch
levar
5 ch
logar

Part-of-speech tell for levar / logar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levar is averb and logaranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levar is recorded at frequency rank #522, classified as averb. 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 36620, this pair ranks #30,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of levar vs logar

Shared letters: alr. Private to "levar": ev. Private to "logar": go.

"levar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "logar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levarelvar · leavr · levarr · levra · levvar · llevar · lvear
  • logarlgoar · llogar · loagr · logarr · loggar · logra · olgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "levar" and "logar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levar" is a verb and "logar" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "levar" or "logar"?
"levar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #522 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

You've compared "levar" and "logar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levar" 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 #30,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levar" 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 #30,129 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