Which to use
“afastado” and “ajustado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,833
- “afastado” frequency rank
- #23,188
- “ajustado” frequency rank
- 30021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afastado | ajustado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se afastou | justo |
Where the eye mixes afastado and ajustado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. afastado and ajustado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses afastado with ajustado
A purely visual mix-up. afastado (/ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈta.du/) and ajustado (/ɐ.ʒuʃ.ˈta.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30021, 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/. ajustado is at rank #23,188, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ʒuʃ.ˈta.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 30021, this pair ranks #38,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of afastado vs ajustado
Shared letters: adost. Private to "afastado": f. Private to "ajustado": ju.
"afastado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "ajustado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afastado" and "ajustado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "afastado" or "ajustado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "afastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ajustado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afastado" and "ajustado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ajustado vs ajustar". 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 #38,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.