afraidvsatraídoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“afraid” and “atraído” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,853
“afraid” frequency rank
#11,589
“atraído” frequency rank
47442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature afraid atraído
Definition com medo; temeroso aproximado

Letter map: afraid vs atraído

Shared letters muted; letters that set afraid and atraído apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
afraid
7 ch
atraído

Spelling & dictionary notes on afraid vs atraído

afraid and atraído 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 47442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

afraid is recorded at frequency rank #35,853, classified as anadj. atraído is at rank #11,589, 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 47442, this pair ranks #17,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of afraid vs atraído

Shared letters: adr. Private to "afraid": fi. Private to "atraído": otí.

"afraid" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "atraído" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • afraidafarid · affraid · afradi · afraidd · afriad · afrraid · arfaid · faraid

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "afraid" and "atraído" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "afraid" vs "atraído" - which ranks higher?
"atraído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,589 in our Portuguese list, against #35,853 for "afraid". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "afraid" vs "atraído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "afraid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atraído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "afraid" and "atraído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afraid vs arraia". 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 #17,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list