travarvstrazerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#10,978
“travar” frequency rank
#1,263
“trazer” frequency rank
12241
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature travar trazer
Definition fazer parar com o travão, frear mover algo de um determinado local para perto do lugar onde você se encontra

Letter map: travar vs trazer

Shared letters muted; letters that set travar and trazer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
travar
6 ch
trazer

Corpus notes: travar and trazer

travar and trazer are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

travar is recorded at frequency rank #10,978, classified as averb, pronounced /tɾɐ.ˈvaɾ/. trazer is at rank #1,263, tagged as averb.

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 12241, this pair ranks #60,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of travar vs trazer

Shared letters: art. Private to "travar": v. Private to "trazer": ez.

"travar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "trazer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • travarrtavar · tarvar · traavr · travarr · travra · travvar · trravar · trvaar
  • trazerrtazer · tarzer · traezr · trazerr · trazre · trazzer · trrazer · trzaer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "travar" for "trazer" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "travar" vs "trazer" - which ranks higher?
"trazer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,263 in our Portuguese list, against #10,978 for "travar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "travar" and "trazer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "travar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trazer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "travar" and "trazer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travão vs travar". 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 #60,422 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