Which to use
“acabado” and “apagado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,157
- “acabado” frequency rank
- #13,658
- “apagado” frequency rank
- 18815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acabado | apagado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | concluído, pronto | extinto |
Letter map: acabado vs apagado
Shared letters muted; letters that set acabado and apagado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. acabado and apagado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - acabado / apagado
acabado and apagado 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 18815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acabado is recorded at frequency rank #5,157, classified as anadj. apagado is at rank #13,658, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɡa.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 18815, this pair ranks #52,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acabado vs apagado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "acabado": bc. Private to "apagado": gp.
"acabado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "apagado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acabado" and "apagado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acabado" or "apagado"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "acabado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apagado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acabado" and "apagado" 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 #52,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.