rolvsrolarTell them apart

Quick tell: rol is a noun, rolar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rol” is a noun and “rolar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,447
“rol” frequency rank
#8,812
“rolar” frequency rank
31259
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rol rolar
Definition lista; relação fazer girar

Letter map: rol vs rolar

Shared letters muted; letters that set rol and rolar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
rol
5 ch
rolar

Part-of-speech tell for rol / rolar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rol is anoun and rolaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rol” sits inside “rolar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rol is recorded at frequency rank #22,447, classified as anoun. rolar is at rank #8,812, tagged as averb, pronounced /Ru.ˈlaɾ/.

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 31259, this pair ranks #36,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rol vs rolar

Shared letters: lor. Private to "rol": -. Private to "rolar": a.

"rol" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "rolar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rolarorlar · rloar · roalr · rolarr · rollar · rolra · rrolar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rol" and "rolar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rol" is a noun and "rolar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rol" vs "rolar" - which ranks higher?
"rolar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,812 in our Portuguese list, against #22,447 for "rol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "rol" vs "rolar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rolar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rol" and "rolar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robe vs rol". 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 #36,880 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