Which to use
“ácido” and “alado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,441
- “ácido” frequency rank
- #47,708
- “alado” frequency rank
- 52149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ácido | alado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que possui um sabor azedo, picante, acre, como o do vinagre | que tem asas |
Where the eye mixes ácido and alado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. ácido and alado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses ácido with alado
A purely visual mix-up. ácido (/ˈa.si.du/) and alado (/a.ˈla.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ácido is recorded at frequency rank #4,441, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈa.si.du/. alado is at rank #47,708, tagged as anadj, pronounced /a.ˈla.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 52149, this pair ranks #12,990 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ácido vs alado
Shared letters: do. Private to "ácido": ciá. Private to "alado": al.
"ácido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alado ← aaldo · aladdo · alaod · aldao · allado · laado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ácido" and "alado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ácido" or "alado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ácido" and "alado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ácido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,990 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ácido" and "alado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs álamo". 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 #12,990 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.