Which to use
“privar” and “provar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,982
- “privar” frequency rank
- #2,795
- “provar” frequency rank
- 30777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | privar | provar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tirar a propriedade de | demonstrar com provas; testemunhar |
Where the eye mixes privar and provar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses privar with provar
A purely visual mix-up. privar (/pɾi.ˈvaɾ/) and provar (/pɾu.ˈvaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - i in “privar” becomes o in “provar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
privar is recorded at frequency rank #27,982, classified as averb, pronounced /pɾi.ˈvaɾ/. provar is at rank #2,795, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɾu.ˈvaɾ/.
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 30777, this pair ranks #37,485 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of privar vs provar
Shared letters: aprv. Private to "privar": i. Private to "provar": o.
"privar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "provar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "privar" and "provar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "privar" or "provar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "privar" and "provar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "privar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,485 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "privar" and "provar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "picar vs privar". 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 #37,485 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.