Which to use
“acabado” is an adjective and “acabar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,157
- “acabado” frequency rank
- #841
- “acabar” frequency rank
- 5998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acabado | acabar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | concluído, pronto | levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir |
Letter map: acabado vs acabar
Shared letters muted; letters that set acabado and acabar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. acabado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against acabar's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: acabado vs acabar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acabado is anadjective and acabaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acabado is recorded at frequency rank #5,157, classified as anadj. acabar is at rank #841, tagged as averb.
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 5998, this pair ranks #68,539 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acabado vs acabar
Shared letters: abc. Private to "acabado": do. Private to "acabar": r.
"acabado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "acabar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acabado" for "acabar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acabado" or "acabar"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "acabado" and "acabar".
- Full dictionary entry for "acabado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acabar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,539 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acabado" and "acabar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acabado vs achatado". 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 #68,539 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.