Which to use
“acertado” is an adjective and “acerto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,182
- “acertado” frequency rank
- #9,134
- “acerto” frequency rank
- 26316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acertado | acerto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ajustado; que foi combinado | ato ou efeito de fazer certo ou realizar corretamente |
Letter map: acertado vs acerto
Shared letters muted; letters that set acertado and acerto apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. acertado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against acerto's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for acertado / acerto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acertado is anadjective and acertoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acertado is recorded at frequency rank #17,182, classified as anadj. acerto is at rank #9,134, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈseɾ.tu/.
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 26316, this pair ranks #42,871 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acertado vs acerto
Shared letters: aceort. Private to "acertado": d. Private to "acerto": -.
"acertado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "acerto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acertado" for "acerto" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acertado" or "acerto"?
After this comparison
Pair "acertado" vs "acerto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "acertado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acerto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,871 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acertado" and "acerto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acertado 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 #42,871 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.