Which to use
“adiado” is an adjective and “adiar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,170
- “adiado” frequency rank
- #13,651
- “adiar” frequency rank
- 25821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adiado | adiar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se atrasou | deixar para outra data o que se tem para fazer |
Letter map: adiado vs adiar
Shared letters muted; letters that set adiado and adiar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. adiado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against adiar's 5 (VCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: adiado vs adiar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adiado is anadjective and adiaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adiado is recorded at frequency rank #12,170, classified as anadj. adiar is at rank #13,651, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/.
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 25821, this pair ranks #43,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adiado vs adiar
Shared letters: adi. Private to "adiado": o. Private to "adiar": r.
"adiado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "adiar" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adiado" for "adiar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "adiado" or "adiar" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "adiado" and "adiar". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "adiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adiar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adiado" and "adiar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adiar vs atar". 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 #43,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.