Which to use
“radar” and “rádio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,454
- “radar” frequency rank
- #857
- “rádio” frequency rank
- 8311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radar | rádio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dispositivo que permite detectar objetos a longas distâncias | elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urânio, e é produzido por decaimento radioativo; é utilizado na medicina para tratamento de câncer e, em laboratórios, como fonte de neutrons para análise de materiais |
Letter map: radar vs rádio
Shared letters muted; letters that set radar and rádio apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - radar / rádio
radar and rádio are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radar is recorded at frequency rank #7,454, classified as anoun, pronounced /Ra.ˈdaɾ/. rádio is at rank #857, 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 8311, this pair ranks #65,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of radar vs rádio
Shared letters: dr. Private to "radar": a. Private to "rádio": ioá.
"radar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rádio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- radar ← ardar · raadr · radarr · raddar · radra · rdaar · rradar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "radar" for "rádio" ever safe?
Which is more common, "radar" or "rádio"?
Useful next steps
Pair "radar" vs "rádio" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "radar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rádio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radar" and "rádio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radar vs rimar". 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 #65,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.