Which to use
“nelas” is a contraction and “nevar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,231
- “nelas” frequency rank
- #39,763
- “nevar” frequency rank
- 47994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nelas | nevar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição em com o pronome pessoal no plural elas: plural de nela | cobrir de neve |
Letter map: nelas vs nevar
Shared letters muted; letters that set nelas and nevar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. nelas and nevar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - nelas and nevar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nelas is acontraction and nevaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nelas is recorded at frequency rank #8,231, classified as acontraction. nevar is at rank #39,763, tagged as averb, pronounced /neˈva(ʁ)/, [neˈva(h)].
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 47994, this pair ranks #17,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nelas vs nevar
Shared letters: aen. Private to "nelas": ls. Private to "nevar": rv.
"nelas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "nevar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "nelas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nevar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nelas" and "nevar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nena vs nevar". 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 #17,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.