Which to use
“racha” is a noun and “rachar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,792
- “racha” frequency rank
- #31,522
- “rachar” frequency rank
- 55314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racha | rachar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | rachadura | dividir em rachas |
Where the eye mixes racha and rachar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between racha and rachar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: racha is /ˈχa.ʃa/ while rachar is /Rɐ.ˈʃaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “racha” sits inside “rachar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racha is recorded at frequency rank #23,792, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈχa.ʃa/. rachar is at rank #31,522, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈʃaɾ/.
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 55314, this pair ranks #10,669 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racha vs rachar
Shared letters: achr. Private to "racha": -. Private to "rachar": -.
"racha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rachar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "racha" and "rachar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "racha" or "rachar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "racha" and "rachar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "racha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rachar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,669 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racha" and "rachar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rachar vs recear". 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 #10,669 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.