programadovsprogramarTell them apart

Quick tell: programado is a adjective, programar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“programado” is an adjective and “programar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,392
“programado” frequency rank
#18,683
“programar” frequency rank
28075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature programado programar
Definition que se programou fazer o programa de, planejar, projetar

Letter map: programado vs programar

Shared letters muted; letters that set programado and programar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

10 ch
programado
9 ch
programar

Role in the sentence - programado and programar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: programado is anadjective and programaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

programado is recorded at frequency rank #9,392, classified as anadj. programar is at rank #18,683, tagged as averb.

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 28075, this pair ranks #40,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of programado vs programar

Shared letters: agmopr. Private to "programado": d. Private to "programar": -.

"programado" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCV  ·  "programar" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • programadoporgramado · pprogramado · prgoramado · progarmado · proggramado · prograamdo · programaddo · programaod
  • programarporgramar · pprogramar · prgoramar · progarmar · proggramar · prograamr · programarr · programmar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "programado" and "programar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "programado" is an adjective and "programar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "programado" or "programar"?
"programado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,392 in our Portuguese list, against #18,683 for "programar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "programado" vs "programar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "programado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "programar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "programado" and "programar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "proclamar vs programar". 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 #40,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list