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Which to use

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

#32,245
“loção” frequency rank
#36,098
“logar” frequency rank
68343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature loção logar
Definition líquido perfumado e levemente alcoolizado para o tratamento da pele e dos cabelos grafia antiga de lugar

Letter map: loção vs logar

Shared letters muted; letters that set loção and logar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. loção (CVCVV) and logar (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
loção
5 ch
logar

Corpus notes: loção and logar

loção 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

loção is recorded at frequency rank #32,245, classified as anoun, pronounced /lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 68343, this pair ranks #4,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of loção vs logar

Shared letters: lo. Private to "loção": ãç. Private to "logar": agr.

"loção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "logar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • logar ← lgoar · llogar · loagr · logarr · loggar · logra · olgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "loção" and "logar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "loção" vs "logar" - which ranks higher?
"loção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,245 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 "loção" and "logar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "loção" 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 #4,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "loção" and "logar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loção vs loch". 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 #4,306 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