Which to use
“adiado” and “atado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,170
- “adiado” frequency rank
- #37,645
- “atado” frequency rank
- 49815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adiado | atado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se atrasou | preso com uma corda ou atacador |
Letter map: adiado vs atado
Shared letters muted; letters that set adiado and atado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. adiado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against atado's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - adiado / atado
adiado and atado 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adiado is recorded at frequency rank #12,170, classified as anadj. atado is at rank #37,645, tagged as anadj.
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 49815, this pair ranks #15,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adiado vs atado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "adiado": i. Private to "atado": t.
"adiado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "atado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adiado" for "atado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adiado" vs "atado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "adiado" and "atado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "adiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adiado" and "atado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atado 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 #15,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.