Which to use
“operária” is a noun and “operário” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,659
- “operária” frequency rank
- #11,692
- “operário” frequency rank
- 30351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | operária | operário |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mulher que trabalha em fábrica, indústria ou em atividades manuais mediante salário | que diz respeito ao operariado: |
Letter map: operária vs operário
Shared letters muted; letters that set operária and operário apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. operária and operário follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - operária and operário
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: operária is anoun and operárioanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “operária” becomes o in “operário”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
operária is recorded at frequency rank #18,659, classified as anoun. operário is at rank #11,692, tagged as anadj.
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 30351, this pair ranks #38,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of operária vs operário
Shared letters: eioprá. Private to "operária": a. Private to "operário": -.
"operária" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "operário" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "operária" for "operário" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "operária" or "operário" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "operária" vs "operário" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "operária" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "operário" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "operária" and "operário" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "operário vs operativo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #38,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.