aliadovsavaliadoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#5,163
“aliado” frequency rank
#14,075
“avaliado” frequency rank
19238
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aliado avaliado
Definition entidade (pessoa, time, estado, etc) que se aliou a outra entidade que foi objeto de ou sujeito a avaliação

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aliado and avaliado apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
aliado
8 ch
avaliado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aliado is anoun and avaliadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “aliado” sits inside “avaliado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19238, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aliado is recorded at frequency rank #5,163, classified as anoun. avaliado is at rank #14,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.vɐ.ˈlja.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 19238, this pair ranks #51,552 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aliado vs avaliado

Shared letters: adilo. Private to "aliado": -. Private to "avaliado": v.

"aliado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "avaliado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aliadoailado · alaido · aliaddo · aliaod · alidao · alliado · laiado
  • avaliadoaavliado · availado · avalaido · avaliaddo · avaliaod · avalidao · avalliado · avlaiado

Frequency comparison

aliado#5,163
avaliado#14,075

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aliado" and "avaliado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aliado" is a noun and "avaliado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aliado" or "avaliado"?
"aliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,163 in our Portuguese list, against #14,075 for "avaliado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering aliado vs avaliado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “aliado”; for an adjective, it's “avaliado”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “aliado” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list