Which to use
“voador” is an adjective and “voar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,800
- “voador” frequency rank
- #4,776
- “voar” frequency rank
- 17576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voador | voar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que ou o que voa | sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar |
Letter map: voador vs voar
Shared letters muted; letters that set voador and voar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for voador / voar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voador is anadjective and voaraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voador is recorded at frequency rank #12,800, classified as anadj, pronounced /vwɐ.ˈdoɾ/. voar is at rank #4,776, tagged as averb.
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 17576, this pair ranks #53,641 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voador vs voar
Shared letters: aorv. Private to "voador": d. Private to "voar": -.
"voador" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "voar" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voador" for "voar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "voador" or "voar"?
After this comparison
Pair "voador" vs "voar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "voador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,641 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voador" and "voar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velar vs voar". 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 #53,641 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.