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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travar" for "trazer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "travar" vs "trazer" - which ranks higher?
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.