Which to use
“violão” is a noun and “violar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,369
- “violão” frequency rank
- #11,978
- “violar” frequency rank
- 17347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violão | violar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | infringir |
Where the eye mixes violão and violar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses violão with violar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violão is [vio'lãw] while violar is /vju.ˈlaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violão is recorded at frequency rank #5,369, classified as anoun, pronounced [vio'lãw]. 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 17347, this pair ranks #53,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violão vs violar
Shared letters: ilov. Private to "violão": ã. Private to "violar": ar.
"violão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "violar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- violar ← ivolar · viloar · vioalr · violarr · viollar · violra · voilar · vviolar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violão" and "violar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "violão" or "violar" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "violão" and "violar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "violão" 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 #53,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violão" 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 #53,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.