aliadovsaplicadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: aliado is a noun, aplicado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aliado” is a noun and “aplicado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,163
“aliado” frequency rank
#6,973
“aplicado” frequency rank
12136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aliado aplicado
Definition entidade (pessoa, time, estado, etc) que se aliou a outra entidade que se aplicou

Letter map: aliado vs aplicado

Shared letters muted; letters that set aliado and aplicado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. aliado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against aplicado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aliado
8 ch
aplicado

Grammar separator: aliado vs aplicado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aliado is anoun and aplicadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aliado is recorded at frequency rank #5,163, classified as anoun. aplicado is at rank #6,973, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pli.ˈka.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 12136, this pair ranks #60,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aliado vs aplicado

Shared letters: adilo. Private to "aliado": -. Private to "aplicado": cp.

"aliado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "aplicado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aliadoailado · alaido · aliaddo · aliaod · alidao · alliado · laiado
  • aplicadoalpicado · apilcado · aplciado · apliacdo · aplicaddo · aplicaod · apliccado · aplicdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aliado" and "aplicado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aliado" is a noun and "aplicado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aliado" vs "aplicado" - which ranks higher?
"aliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,163 in our Portuguese list, against #6,973 for "aplicado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "aliado" and "aplicado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aliado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aplicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,542 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aliado" and "aplicado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aleijado vs aliado". 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 #60,542 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