Which to use
“abrigado” is an adjective and “abrigo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,765
- “abrigado” frequency rank
- #3,873
- “abrigo” frequency rank
- 53638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrigado | abrigo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se pôde abrigar | lugar seguro; ambiente que proporciona proteção, segurança |
Letter map: abrigado vs abrigo
Shared letters muted; letters that set abrigado and abrigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. abrigado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against abrigo's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for abrigado / abrigo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: abrigado is anadjective and abrigoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrigado is recorded at frequency rank #49,765, classified as anadj. abrigo is at rank #3,873, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɾi.ɡu/.
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 53638, this pair ranks #11,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abrigado vs abrigo
Shared letters: abgior. Private to "abrigado": d. Private to "abrigo": -.
"abrigado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "abrigo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "abrigado" vs "abrigo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrigado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "abrigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrigado" and "abrigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrigo vs átrio". 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 #11,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.