abalado vs alado, What's the Difference?

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set abalado and alado apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

abalado

5 ch

alado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

abalado ← aablado · abaaldo · abaladdo · abalaod · abaldao · aballado · abbalado · ablaado
alado ← aaldo · aladdo · alaod · aldao · allado · laado

Frequency comparison

abalado#17,952

alado#47,708

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abalado" and "alado" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ɐ.bɐ.ˈla.du/ versus /a.ˈla.du/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "abalado" or "alado"?

"abalado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,952 in our Portuguese list, against #47,708 for "alado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering abalado vs alado

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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