Which to use
“abalado” and “alado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,952
- “abalado” frequency rank
- #47,708
- “alado” frequency rank
- 65660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abalado | alado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se abalou | que tem asas |
Where the eye mixes abalado and alado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. abalado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against alado's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between abalado and alado
A purely visual mix-up. abalado (/ɐ.bɐ.ˈla.du/) and alado (/a.ˈla.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “alado” sits inside “abalado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abalado is recorded at frequency rank #17,952, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.bɐ.ˈla.du/. alado is at rank #47,708, tagged as anadj, pronounced /a.ˈla.du/.
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 65660, this pair ranks #5,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abalado vs alado
Shared letters: adlo. Private to "abalado": b. Private to "alado": -.
"abalado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abalado" and "alado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "abalado" or "alado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abalado" and "alado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abalado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abalado" and "alado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs álamo". 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 #5,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.