Which to use
“questionar” is a verb and “questionário” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,804
- “questionar” frequency rank
- #17,901
- “questionário” frequency rank
- 24705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | questionar | questionário |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | perguntar, indagar sobre | conjunto de perguntas com um determinado objetivo |
Letter map: questionar vs questionário
Shared letters muted; letters that set questionar and questionário apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. questionar runs 10 letters (CVVCCVVCVC) against questionário's 12 (CVVCCVVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - questionar and questionário
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: questionar is averb and questionárioanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
questionar is recorded at frequency rank #6,804, classified as averb, pronounced /kɨʃ.tju.ˈnaɾ/. questionário is at rank #17,901, tagged as anoun.
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 24705, this pair ranks #44,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of questionar vs questionário
Shared letters: einoqrstu. Private to "questionar": a. Private to "questionário": á.
"questionar" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC · "questionário" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- questionar ← qeustionar · qquestionar · quesitonar · quesstionar · questinoar · questioanr · questionarr · questionnar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "questionar" for "questionário" ever safe?
Frequency check: "questionar" vs "questionário" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "questionar" vs "questionário" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "questionar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "questionário" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #44,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.