Which to use
“violador” is an adjective and “violão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,582
- “violador” frequency rank
- #5,369
- “violão” frequency rank
- 42951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violador | violão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que viola; que infringe leis, normas, regras ou direitos | guitarra acústica com cordas de nylon, concebida inicialmente para a interpretação de peças de música clássica cujo corpo é oco e feito de várias madeiras diferentes |
Letter map: violador vs violão
Shared letters muted; letters that set violador and violão apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Grammar separator: violador vs violão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: violador is anadjective and violãoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violador is recorded at frequency rank #37,582, classified as anadj. violão is at rank #5,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced [vio'lãw].
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 42951, this pair ranks #22,752 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violador vs violão
Shared letters: ilov. Private to "violador": adr. Private to "violão": ã.
"violador" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "violão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- violador ← ivolador · viloador · vioaldor · violaddor · violadorr · violadro · violaodr · violdaor
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violador" and "violão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "violador" or "violão"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "violador" and "violão".
- Full dictionary entry for "violador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,752 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violador" and "violão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violador vs voador". 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 #22,752 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.