registarvsresistaConfusable pair

Which to use

“registar” and “resista” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,154
“registar” frequency rank
#27,254
“resista” frequency rank
43408
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registar resista
Definition anotar fatos por escrito; efetuar lançamentos em livros públicos primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo resistir

Where the eye mixes registar and resista

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. registar runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against resista's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
registar
7 ch
resista

Look-alike desk: registar vs resista

A purely visual mix-up. registar (/Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/) and resista (/χe.ˈzis.tɐ/) 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 43408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registar is recorded at frequency rank #16,154, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/. resista is at rank #27,254, tagged as averb, pronounced /χe.ˈzis.tɐ/.

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 43408, this pair ranks #22,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registar vs resista

Shared letters: aeirst. Private to "registar": g. Private to "resista": -.

"registar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "resista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registar ← ergistar · reggistar · regisatr · regisstar · registra · registtar · regitsar · regsitar
  • resista ← ersista · reissta · resisat · resissta · resistta · resitsa · ressista · ressita

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "registar" and "resista" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/ versus /χe.ˈzis.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "registar" vs "resista" - which ranks higher?
"registar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,154 in our Portuguese list, against #27,254 for "resista". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "registar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registar" and "resista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resista vs revistar". 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 #22,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list