violadorvsviolãoConfusable pair

Quick tell: violador is a adjective, violão is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

8 ch
violador
6 ch
violão

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

  • violadorivolador · viloador · vioaldor · violaddor · violadorr · violadro · violaodr · violdaor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "violador" and "violão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violador" is an adjective and "violão" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "violador" or "violão"?
"violão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,369 in our Portuguese list, against #37,582 for "violador". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list