Which to use
“renegar” and “renovar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,673
- “renegar” frequency rank
- #9,400
- “renovar” frequency rank
- 59073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | renegar | renovar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | abandonar uma religião para seguir outra; descrer | tornar novo |
Where the eye mixes renegar and renovar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. renegar and renovar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses renegar with renovar
A purely visual mix-up. renegar (/Rɨ.nɨ.ˈɡaɾ/) and renovar (/Rɨ.nu.ˈvaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
renegar is recorded at frequency rank #49,673, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.nɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. renovar is at rank #9,400, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.nu.ˈvaɾ/.
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 59073, this pair ranks #8,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of renegar vs renovar
Shared letters: aenr. Private to "renegar": g. Private to "renovar": ov.
"renegar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "renovar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "renegar" and "renovar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "renegar" or "renovar"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "renegar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renovar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "renegar" and "renovar" 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 #8,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.