errado
/i.ˈRa.du/
The verdict
“errado” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #697 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #697
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - incorreto
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | errado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /i.ˈRa.du/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “errado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for errado is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.ˈRa.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #697 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "incorreto".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for errado, with forms such as "erado", "erardo", and "erraddo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "erro", "errar", "estado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is errado, spelled E-R-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1incorreto
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erado,erardo,erraddo,erraod,errdao,rerado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of errado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “errado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-R-R-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /i.ˈRa.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erro” - see the side-by-side comparison. errado vs erro
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.