Which to use
“read” and “remar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,822
- “read” frequency rank
- #34,439
- “remar” frequency rank
- 42261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | read | remar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ler | impelir (embarcação) com remos |
Where the eye mixes read and remar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: read vs remar
A purely visual mix-up. read (/ɹiːd/, enPR: rēd) and remar (/Rɨ.ˈmaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
read is recorded at frequency rank #7,822, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹiːd/, enPR: rēd. remar is at rank #34,439, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈmaɾ/.
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 42261, this pair ranks #23,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of read vs remar
Shared letters: aer. Private to "read": d. Private to "remar": m.
"read" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "remar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "read" for "remar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "read" vs "remar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "read" and "remar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "read" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "read" and "remar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remar 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 #23,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.