Which to use
“ado” is a noun and “agudo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,628
- “ado” frequency rank
- #17,686
- “agudo” frequency rank
- 49314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ado | agudo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a fazer | afiado, aguçado |
Letter map: ado vs agudo
Shared letters muted; letters that set ado and agudo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ado runs 3 letters (VCV) against agudo's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ado / agudo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ado is anoun and agudoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ado is recorded at frequency rank #31,628, classified as anoun. agudo is at rank #17,686, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɜˈgudu/.
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 49314, this pair ranks #15,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ado vs agudo
Shared letters: ado. Private to "ado": -. Private to "agudo": gu.
"ado" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "agudo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agudo ← agduo · aggudo · aguddo · aguod · augdo · gaudo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ado" for "agudo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ado" or "agudo" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ado" and "agudo".
- Full dictionary entry for "ado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ado" and "agudo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ado". 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 #15,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.