Which to use
“placa” and “placar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,510
- “placa” frequency rank
- #5,781
- “placar” frequency rank
- 9291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | placa | placar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura | quadro para registro de pontos alcançados durante uma competição esportiva |
Letter map: placa vs placar
Shared letters muted; letters that set placa and placar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Spelling & dictionary notes on placa vs placar
placa and placar 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “placa” sits inside “placar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
placa is recorded at frequency rank #3,510, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpla.kɐ/. placar is at rank #5,781, 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 9291, this pair ranks #64,184 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of placa vs placar
Shared letters: aclp. Private to "placa": -. Private to "placar": r.
"placa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "placar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "placa" for "placar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "placa" or "placar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "placa" vs "placar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "placa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "placar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,184 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "placa" and "placar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "placar vs polaca". 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 #64,184 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.