Which to use
“anulação” is a noun and “anulado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,436
- “anulação” frequency rank
- #20,198
- “anulado” frequency rank
- 33634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | anulação | anulado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de anular | que se anulou |
Letter map: anulação vs anulado
Shared letters muted; letters that set anulação and anulado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. anulação runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against anulado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - anulação and anulado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: anulação is anoun and anuladoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
anulação is recorded at frequency rank #13,436, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.nu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. anulado is at rank #20,198, 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 33634, this pair ranks #33,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of anulação vs anulado
Shared letters: alnou. Private to "anulação": ãç. Private to "anulado": d.
"anulação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "anulado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- anulado ← anluado · annulado · anualdo · anuladdo · anulaod · anuldao · anullado · aunlado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "anulação" and "anulado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "anulação" or "anulado" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "anulação" and "anulado".
- Full dictionary entry for "anulação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anulado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "anulação" and "anulado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs anulado". 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 #33,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.