Which to use
“plantão” is a noun and “plantar” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,939
- “plantão” frequency rank
- #8,799
- “plantar” frequency rank
- 17738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plantão | plantar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | serviço policial, distribuído diariamente a um soldado, dentro da própria caserna, companhia ou bataria | relativo à planta do pé |
Where the eye mixes plantão and plantar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. plantão (CCVCCVV) and plantar (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses plantão with plantar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: plantão is /plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ while plantar is /plɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plantão is recorded at frequency rank #8,939, classified as anoun, pronounced /plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. plantar is at rank #8,799, tagged as anadj, pronounced /plɐ̃.ˈtaɾ/.
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 17738, this pair ranks #53,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plantão vs plantar
Shared letters: alnpt. Private to "plantão": oã. Private to "plantar": r.
"plantão" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "plantar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plantar ← lpantar · palntar · planatr · planntar · plantarr · plantra · planttar · platnar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plantão" and "plantar" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "plantão" or "plantar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "plantão" and "plantar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plantão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plantar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plantão" and "plantar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pastar vs plantar". 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 #53,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.