aliadovsaradoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#5,163
“aliado” frequency rank
#39,977
“arado” frequency rank
45140
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aliado arado
Definition entidade (pessoa, time, estado, etc) que se aliou a outra entidade diz-se do solo que foi lavrado

Letter map: aliado vs arado

Shared letters muted; letters that set aliado and arado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aliado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against arado's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aliado
5 ch
arado

Role in the sentence - aliado and arado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aliado is anoun and aradoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aliado is recorded at frequency rank #5,163, classified as anoun. 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 45140, this pair ranks #20,279 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aliado vs arado

Shared letters: ado. Private to "aliado": il. Private to "arado": r.

"aliado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "arado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aliado ← ailado · alaido · aliaddo · aliaod · alidao · alliado · laiado
  • arado ← aardo · araddo · araod · ardao · arrado · raado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aliado" and "arado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aliado" is a noun and "arado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aliado" or "arado"?
"aliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,163 in our Portuguese list, against #39,977 for "arado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aliado" 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 #20,279 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aliado" and "arado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs arado". 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 #20,279 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