aladovsalôTell them apart

Quick tell: alado is a adjective, alô is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alado” is an adjective and “alô” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,708
“alado” frequency rank
#4,874
“alô” frequency rank
52582
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alado alô
Definition que tem asas lá, alá, podendo indicar um lugar, um tempo, mais afastado que lá

Letter map: alado vs alô

Shared letters muted; letters that set alado and alô apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. alado runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against alô's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
alado
3 ch
alô

Role in the sentence - alado and alô

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alado is anadjective and alôanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52582, 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/. alô is at rank #4,874, tagged as anadv.

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 52582, this pair ranks #12,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alado vs alô

Shared letters: al. Private to "alado": do. Private to "alô": ô.

"alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "alô" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alado ← aaldo · aladdo · alaod · aldao · allado · laado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alado" and "alô" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alado" is an adjective and "alô" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "alado" or "alô"?
"alô" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,874 in our Portuguese list, against #47,708 for "alado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "alado" vs "alô" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alado" and "alô" 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 #12,658 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