Which to use
“amarelo” and “amarelos” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,180
- “amarelo” frequency rank
- #15,730
- “amarelos” frequency rank
- 18910
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amarelo | amarelos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem cor do ouro, do açafrão, do limão, da gema do ovo, do enxofre, do topázio, entre outros; que é da cor que se situa, no espectro solar, entre o verde e o alaranjado | plural de amarelo |
Letter map: amarelo vs amarelos
Shared letters muted; letters that set amarelo and amarelos apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. amarelo runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against amarelos's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - amarelo / amarelos
amarelo and amarelos are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “amarelo” sits inside “amarelos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18910, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amarelo is recorded at frequency rank #3,180, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.mɐ.ˈɾɛ.lu/. amarelos is at rank #15,730, tagged as anadj.
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 18910, this pair ranks #51,960 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amarelo vs amarelos
Shared letters: aelmor. Private to "amarelo": -. Private to "amarelos": s.
"amarelo" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "amarelos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "amarelo" vs "amarelos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "amarelo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amarelos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,960 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amarelo" and "amarelos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amarelos vs amargos". 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 #51,960 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.