# operador vs operar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### operador
*adjective · frequency rank #8,368*
que opera

### operar
*verb · IPA /ɔ.pɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #5,124*
fazer uma operação

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/operador-vs-operar