Which to use
“regar” and “renegar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,639
- “regar” frequency rank
- #49,673
- “renegar” frequency rank
- 77312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regar | renegar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | molhar as plantas, terra, etc | abandonar uma religião para seguir outra; descrer |
Where the eye mixes regar and renegar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: regar vs renegar
A purely visual mix-up. regar (/Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/) and renegar (/Rɨ.nɨ.ˈɡaɾ/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77312, 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/. renegar is at rank #49,673, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.nɨ.ˈɡaɾ/.
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 77312, this pair ranks #1,911 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of regar vs renegar
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "regar": -. Private to "renegar": n.
"regar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "renegar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regar" and "renegar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "regar" or "renegar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "regar" and "renegar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renegar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,911 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regar" and "renegar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recear vs renegar". 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 #1,911 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.