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 |
Letter map: agitado vs aliado
Shared letters muted; letters that set agitado and aliado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. agitado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against aliado's 6 (VCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: agitado vs aliado
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agitado" for "aliado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agitado" vs "aliado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "agitado" vs "aliado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "agitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aliado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,024 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agitado" and "aliado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitado vs agitador". 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 #51,024 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.