varavsvorazTell them apart

Quick tell: vara is a noun, voraz is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vara” is a noun and “voraz” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,130
“vara” frequency rank
#35,400
“voraz” frequency rank
41530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vara voraz
Definition haste fina e flexível que devora

Letter map: vara vs voraz

Shared letters muted; letters that set vara and voraz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. vara runs 4 letters (CVCV) against voraz's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
vara
5 ch
voraz

Role in the sentence - vara and voraz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vara is anoun and vorazanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vara is recorded at frequency rank #6,130, classified as anoun. voraz is at rank #35,400, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vu.ˈɾaʃ/.

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 41530, this pair ranks #24,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vara vs voraz

Shared letters: arv. Private to "vara": -. Private to "voraz": oz.

"vara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voraz" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vara ← avra · vaar · varra · vraa · vvara
  • voraz ← ovraz · voarz · vorazz · vorraz · vorza · vroaz · vvoraz

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vara" and "voraz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vara" is a noun and "voraz" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vara" or "voraz"?
"vara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,130 in our Portuguese list, against #35,400 for "voraz". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vara" and "voraz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voraz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vara" and "voraz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vivaz vs voraz". 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 #24,379 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