Which to use
“livrar” is a verb and “livro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,550
- “livrar” frequency rank
- #378
- “livro” frequency rank
- 5928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | livrar | livro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tornar livre | objeto feito de várias folhas de papel, organizadas em ordem e contendo um texto |
Where the eye mixes livrar and livro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. livrar runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against livro's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: livrar vs livro
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: livrar is /li.ˈvɾaɾ/ while livro is /ˈli.vɾu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
livrar is recorded at frequency rank #5,550, classified as averb, pronounced /li.ˈvɾaɾ/. livro is at rank #378, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈli.vɾu/.
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 5928, this pair ranks #68,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of livrar vs livro
Shared letters: ilrv. Private to "livrar": a. Private to "livro": o.
"livrar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "livro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "livrar" for "livro" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "livrar" or "livro" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "livrar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "livro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "livrar" and "livro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lavra vs livrar". 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 #68,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.