Which to use
“alado” and “arado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,708
- “alado” frequency rank
- #39,977
- “arado” frequency rank
- 87685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alado | arado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem asas | diz-se do solo que foi lavrado |
Where the eye mixes alado and arado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses alado with arado
A purely visual mix-up. alado (/a.ˈla.du/) and arado (/aˈɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - l in “alado” becomes r in “arado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87685, 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/. arado is at rank #39,977, tagged as anadj, pronounced /aˈɾa.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 87685, this pair ranks #463 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alado vs arado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "alado": l. Private to "arado": r.
"alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "arado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alado" and "arado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "alado" vs "arado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "alado" and "arado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #463 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alado" and "arado" 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 #463 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.