agitadovsaliadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: agitado is a adjective, aliado is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“agitado” is an adjective and “aliado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,506
“agitado” frequency rank
#5,163
“aliado” frequency rank
19669
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitado aliado
Definition abalado entidade (pessoa, time, estado, etc) que se aliou a outra entidade

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set agitado and aliado apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
agitado
6 ch
aliado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agitado is anadjective and aliadoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agitado is recorded at frequency rank #14,506, classified as anadj, pronounced [a.ʒi.ˈta.do]. aliado is at rank #5,163, tagged as anoun.

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 19669, this pair ranks #51,024 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agitado vs aliado

Shared letters: adio. Private to "agitado": gt. Private to "aliado": l.

"agitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "aliado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitadoaggitado · agiatdo · agitaddo · agitaod · agitdao · agittado · agtiado · aigtado
  • aliadoailado · alaido · aliaddo · aliaod · alidao · alliado · laiado

Frequency comparison

agitado#14,506
aliado#5,163

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agitado" and "aliado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agitado" is an adjective and "aliado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "agitado" or "aliado"?
"aliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,163 in our Portuguese list, against #14,506 for "agitado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering agitado vs aliado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “agitado”; for a noun, it's “aliado”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “agitado” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list