programadorvsprogramarWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,590
“programador” frequency rank
#18,683
“programar” frequency rank
32273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature programador programar
Definition pessoa que tem como profissão ou função escrever programas de computador em uma determinada linguagem de programação fazer o programa de, planejar, projetar

Letter map: programador vs programar

Shared letters muted; letters that set programador and programar apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.

11 ch
programador
9 ch
programar

Part-of-speech tell for programador / programar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: programador is anoun and programaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

programador is recorded at frequency rank #13,590, classified as anoun. 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 32273, this pair ranks #35,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of programador vs programar

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

"programador" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCVC  ·  "programar" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • programadorporgramador · pprogramador · prgoramador · progarmador · proggramador · prograamdor · programaddor · programadorr
  • programarporgramar · pprogramar · prgoramar · progarmar · proggramar · prograamr · programarr · programmar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "programador" and "programar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "programador" is a noun and "programar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "programador" or "programar"?
"programador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,590 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.

What to do next

You've compared "programador" and "programar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "programador" 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 #35,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "programador" 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 #35,574 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