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.
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
- programador ← porgramador · pprogramador · prgoramador · progarmador · proggramador · prograamdor · programaddor · programadorr
- programar ← porgramar · pprogramar · prgoramar · progarmar · proggramar · prograamr · programarr · programmar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "programador" and "programar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "programador" or "programar"?
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.