Which to use
“ado” is a noun and “alado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,628
- “ado” frequency rank
- #47,708
- “alado” frequency rank
- 79336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ado | alado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a fazer | que tem asas |
Letter map: ado vs alado
Shared letters muted; letters that set ado and alado apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ado runs 3 letters (VCV) against alado's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - ado and alado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ado is anoun and aladoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ado” sits inside “alado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ado is recorded at frequency rank #31,628, classified as anoun. alado is at rank #47,708, tagged as anadj, pronounced /a.ˈla.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 79336, this pair ranks #1,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ado vs alado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "ado": -. Private to "alado": l.
"ado" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alado ← aaldo · aladdo · alaod · aldao · allado · laado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ado" and "alado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ado" or "alado" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ado" and "alado".
- Full dictionary entry for "ado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ado" and "alado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs álamo". 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 #1,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.