agitadovsatadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#14,506
“agitado” frequency rank
#37,645
“atado” frequency rank
52151
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitado atado
Definition abalado preso com uma corda ou atacador

Letter map: agitado vs atado

Shared letters muted; letters that set agitado and atado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. agitado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against atado's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
agitado
5 ch
atado

Spelling & dictionary notes on agitado vs atado

agitado and atado 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52151, 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]. atado is at rank #37,645, 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 52151, this pair ranks #12,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of agitado vs atado

Shared letters: adot. Private to "agitado": gi. Private to "atado": -.

"agitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "atado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitado ← aggitado · agiatdo · agitaddo · agitaod · agitdao · agittado · agtiado · aigtado
  • atado ← aatdo · ataddo · ataod · atdao · attado · taado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitado" and "atado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 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: "agitado" vs "atado" - which ranks higher?
"agitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,506 in our Portuguese list, against #37,645 for "atado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "agitado" and "atado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "agitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitado" and "atado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atado vs atar". 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 #12,988 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