Which to use
“regar” is a verb and “rena” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,639
- “regar” frequency rank
- #33,157
- “rena” frequency rank
- 60796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regar | rena |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | molhar as plantas, terra, etc | mamífero da família dos cervídeos (Rangifer tarandus), encontrado no Norte da Europa, Ásia e América do Norte, onde habita a tundra ártica; com galhadas presentes nos dois sexos e cascos largos e planos, adaptados para a locomoção na neve; caribu |
Where the eye mixes regar and rena
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. regar runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against rena's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses regar with rena
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regar is /Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/ while rena is /ˈRe.nɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regar is recorded at frequency rank #27,639, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. rena is at rank #33,157, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRe.nɐ/.
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 60796, this pair ranks #7,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of regar vs rena
Shared letters: aer. Private to "regar": g. Private to "rena": n.
"regar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rena" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regar" for "rena" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "regar" or "rena" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rena" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regar" and "rena" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rena vs ruma". 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 #7,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.