abaladovsanuladoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“abalado” and “anulado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,952
“abalado” frequency rank
#20,198
“anulado” frequency rank
38150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abalado anulado
Definition que se abalou que se anulou

Letter map: abalado vs anulado

Shared letters muted; letters that set abalado and anulado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. abalado and anulado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
abalado
7 ch
anulado

Corpus notes: abalado and anulado

abalado and anulado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38150, 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/. anulado is at rank #20,198, tagged as anadj.

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 38150, this pair ranks #28,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abalado vs anulado

Shared letters: adlo. Private to "abalado": b. Private to "anulado": nu.

"abalado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "anulado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abaladoaablado · abaaldo · abaladdo · abalaod · abaldao · aballado · abbalado · ablaado
  • anuladoanluado · annulado · anualdo · anuladdo · anulaod · anuldao · anullado · aunlado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abalado" and "anulado" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "abalado" vs "anulado" - which ranks higher?
"abalado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,952 in our Portuguese list, against #20,198 for "anulado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "abalado" and "anulado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "abalado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anulado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abalado" and "anulado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs anulado". 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 #28,358 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