Which to use
“alado” is an adjective and “aliado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,708
- “alado” frequency rank
- #5,163
- “aliado” frequency rank
- 52871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alado | aliado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem asas | entidade (pessoa, time, estado, etc) que se aliou a outra entidade |
Letter map: alado vs aliado
Shared letters muted; letters that set alado and aliado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. alado runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against aliado's 6 (VCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - alado and aliado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alado is anadjective and aliadoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alado is recorded at frequency rank #47,708, classified as anadj, pronounced /a.ˈla.du/. 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 52871, this pair ranks #12,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alado vs aliado
Shared letters: adlo. Private to "alado": -. Private to "aliado": i.
"alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "aliado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alado" for "aliado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "alado" vs "aliado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "alado" and "aliado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "alado" 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 #12,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alado" and "aliado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs álamo". 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 #12,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.