acordado vs acordar, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“acordado” is an adjective and “acordar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,967
“acordado” frequency rank: #3,117
“acordar” frequency rank: 8084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	acordado	acordar
Definition	que não está dormindo	deixar o estado de sono

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set acordado and acordar apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

acordado

7 ch

acordar

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acordado is anadjective and acordaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acordado is recorded at frequency rank #4,967, classified as anadj. acordar is at rank #3,117, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.kuɾ.ˈdaɾ/.

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 8084, this pair ranks #65,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of acordado vs acordar

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "acordado": -. Private to "acordar": -.

"acordado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "acordar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

acordado ← accordado · acodrado · acoraddo · acordaddo · acordaod · acorddado · acorddao · acorrdado
acordar ← accordar · acodrar · acoradr · acordarr · acorddar · acordra · acorrdar · acrodar

Frequency comparison

acordado#4,967

acordar#3,117

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acordado" and "acordar" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acordado" is an adjective and "acordar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "acordado" or "acordar"?

"acordar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,117 in our Portuguese list, against #4,967 for "acordado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering acordado vs acordar

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “acordado”; for a verb, it's “acordar”.
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