abalado vs avaliado, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#17,952
“abalado” frequency rank: #14,075
“avaliado” frequency rank: 32027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	abalado	avaliado
Definition	que se abalou	que foi objeto de ou sujeito a avaliação

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set abalado and avaliado apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

abalado

8 ch

avaliado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. abalado (/ɐ.bɐ.ˈla.du/) and avaliado (/ɐ.vɐ.ˈlja.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32027, 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/. avaliado is at rank #14,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.vɐ.ˈlja.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 32027, this pair ranks #35,892 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abalado vs avaliado

Shared letters: adlo. Private to "abalado": b. Private to "avaliado": iv.

"abalado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "avaliado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

abalado ← aablado · abaaldo · abaladdo · abalaod · abaldao · aballado · abbalado · ablaado
avaliado ← aavliado · availado · avalaido · avaliaddo · avaliaod · avalidao · avalliado · avlaiado

Frequency comparison

abalado#17,952

avaliado#14,075

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"avaliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,075 in our Portuguese list, against #17,952 for "abalado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering abalado vs avaliado

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