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Which to use

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

#14,506
“agitado” frequency rank
#13,225
“avisado” frequency rank
27731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature agitado avisado
Definition abalado prudente

Where the eye mixes agitado and avisado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. agitado and avisado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
agitado
7 ch
avisado

Look-alike desk: agitado vs avisado

A purely visual mix-up. agitado ([a.ʒi.ˈta.do]) and avisado (/ɐ.vi.ˈza.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 27731, 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]. avisado is at rank #13,225, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.vi.ˈza.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 27731, this pair ranks #41,213 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agitado vs avisado

Shared letters: adio. Private to "agitado": gt. Private to "avisado": sv.

"agitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "avisado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • agitado ← aggitado · agiatdo · agitaddo · agitaod · agitdao · agittado · agtiado · aigtado
  • avisado ← aivsado · aviasdo · avisaddo · avisaod · avisdao · avissado · avsiado · avvisado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "agitado" and "avisado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([a.ʒi.ˈta.do] versus /ɐ.vi.ˈza.du/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "agitado" vs "avisado" - which ranks higher?
"avisado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,225 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "agitado" and "avisado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "agitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avisado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,213 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "agitado" and "avisado" 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 #41,213 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