tomaravstoparWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tomara is a intj, topar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tomara” is an intj and “topar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,116
“tomara” frequency rank
#39,889
“topar” frequency rank
49005
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tomara topar
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Letter map: tomara vs topar

Shared letters muted; letters that set tomara and topar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tomara runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against topar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
tomara
5 ch
topar

Part-of-speech tell for tomara / topar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tomara is anintj and toparaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tomara is recorded at frequency rank #9,116, classified as anintj. topar is at rank #39,889, tagged as averb, pronounced /tu.ˈpaɾ/.

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 49005, this pair ranks #16,078 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tomara vs topar

Shared letters: aort. Private to "tomara": m. Private to "topar": p.

"tomara" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "topar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tomara ← otmara · tmoara · toamra · tomaar · tomarra · tommara · tomraa · ttomara
  • topar ← toapr · toparr · toppar · topra · tpoar · ttopar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tomara" and "topar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tomara" is an intj and "topar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tomara" or "topar" show up more?
"tomara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,116 in our Portuguese list, against #39,889 for "topar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "tomara" and "topar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tomara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "topar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,078 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tomara" and "topar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "topar vs tosa". 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 #16,078 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