Which to use
“afastado” and “afetado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,833
- “afastado” frequency rank
- #10,641
- “afetado” frequency rank
- 17474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afastado | afetado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se afastou | que mostra afetação, que não é natural ou é exagerado |
Letter map: afastado vs afetado
Shared letters muted; letters that set afastado and afetado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. afastado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against afetado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: afastado and afetado
afastado and afetado 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 17474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afastado is recorded at frequency rank #6,833, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/. afetado is at rank #10,641, 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 17474, this pair ranks #53,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of afastado vs afetado
Shared letters: adfot. Private to "afastado": s. Private to "afetado": e.
"afastado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "afetado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afastado" and "afetado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "afastado" or "afetado"?
After this comparison
Pair "afastado" vs "afetado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "afastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afetado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afastado" and "afetado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afetado vs afinado". 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 #53,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.