Which to use
“obrigada” is an intj and “obrigar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #653
- “obrigada” frequency rank
- #8,657
- “obrigar” frequency rank
- 9310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obrigada | obrigar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino | fazer com que alguém faça algo à força; forçar |
Letter map: obrigada vs obrigar
Shared letters muted; letters that set obrigada and obrigar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for obrigada / obrigar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: obrigada is anintj and obrigaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obrigada is recorded at frequency rank #653, classified as anintj. obrigar is at rank #8,657, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡaɾ/.
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 9310, this pair ranks #64,159 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of obrigada vs obrigar
Shared letters: abgior. Private to "obrigada": d. Private to "obrigar": -.
"obrigada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "obrigar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "obrigada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obrigar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,159 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obrigada" and "obrigar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obrigado vs obrigar". 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 #64,159 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.