Which to use
“adiado” and “ávido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,170
- “adiado” frequency rank
- #31,211
- “ávido” frequency rank
- 43381
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adiado | ávido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se atrasou | que quer ardentemente |
Letter map: adiado vs ávido
Shared letters muted; letters that set adiado and ávido apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. adiado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against ávido's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - adiado / ávido
adiado and ávido 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 43381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adiado is recorded at frequency rank #12,170, classified as anadj. ávido is at rank #31,211, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈa.vi.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 43381, this pair ranks #22,263 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adiado vs ávido
Shared letters: dio. Private to "adiado": a. Private to "ávido": vá.
"adiado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "ávido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adiado ← adaido · addiado · adiaddo · adiaod · adidao · aidado · daiado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adiado" for "ávido" ever safe?
Which is more common, "adiado" or "ávido"?
After this comparison
Pair "adiado" vs "ávido" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "adiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ávido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,263 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adiado" and "ávido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs ávido". 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 #22,263 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.