violadorvsviolarConfusable pair

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

Which to use

“violador” is an adjective and “violar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,582
“violador” frequency rank
#11,978
“violar” frequency rank
49560
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violador violar
Definition que viola; que infringe leis, normas, regras ou direitos infringir

Letter map: violador vs violar

Shared letters muted; letters that set violador and violar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. violador runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against violar's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
violador
6 ch
violar

Role in the sentence - violador and violar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: violador is anadjective and violaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

violador is recorded at frequency rank #37,582, classified as anadj. violar is at rank #11,978, tagged as averb, pronounced /vju.ˈlaɾ/.

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 49560, this pair ranks #15,443 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of violador vs violar

Shared letters: ailorv. Private to "violador": d. Private to "violar": -.

"violador" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "violar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violador ← ivolador · viloador · vioaldor · violaddor · violadorr · violadro · violaodr · violdaor
  • violar ← ivolar · viloar · vioalr · violarr · viollar · violra · voilar · vviolar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "violador" and "violar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violador" is an adjective and "violar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "violador" or "violar"?
"violar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,978 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "violador" and "violar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "violador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "violar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,443 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violador" and "violar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velar vs violar". 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 #15,443 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