voarvsvorazConfusable pair

Quick tell: voar is a verb, voraz is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,776
“voar” frequency rank
#35,400
“voraz” frequency rank
40176
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voar voraz
Definition sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar que devora

Letter map: voar vs voraz

Shared letters muted; letters that set voar and voraz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. voar runs 4 letters (CVVC) against voraz's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
voar
5 ch
voraz

Part-of-speech tell for voar / voraz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voar is averb and vorazanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voar is recorded at frequency rank #4,776, classified as averb. voraz is at rank #35,400, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vu.ˈɾaʃ/.

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 40176, this pair ranks #25,983 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voar vs voraz

Shared letters: aorv. Private to "voar": -. Private to "voraz": z.

"voar" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "voraz" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voar ← ovar · vaor · voarr · vora · vvoar
  • voraz ← ovraz · voarz · vorazz · vorraz · vorza · vroaz · vvoraz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voar" and "voraz" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voar" is a verb and "voraz" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "voar" or "voraz" show up more?
"voar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,776 in our Portuguese list, against #35,400 for "voraz". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "voar" and "voraz". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voraz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,983 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voar" and "voraz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vivaz vs voraz". 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 #25,983 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