anuladovsapuradoWhich spelling fits?

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“anulado” and “apurado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,198
“anulado” frequency rank
#26,628
“apurado” frequency rank
46826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anulado apurado
Definition que se anulou obtido, calculado

Letter map: anulado vs apurado

Shared letters muted; letters that set anulado and apurado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. anulado and apurado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
anulado
7 ch
apurado

Spelling & dictionary notes on anulado vs apurado

anulado and apurado 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anulado is recorded at frequency rank #20,198, classified as anadj. apurado is at rank #26,628, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pu.ˈɾa.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 46826, this pair ranks #18,482 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of anulado vs apurado

Shared letters: adou. Private to "anulado": ln. Private to "apurado": pr.

"anulado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "apurado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anuladoanluado · annulado · anualdo · anuladdo · anulaod · anuldao · anullado · aunlado
  • apuradoappurado · apruado · apuardo · apuraddo · apuraod · apurdao · apurrado · auprado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "anulado" for "apurado" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "anulado" vs "apurado" - which ranks higher?
"anulado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,198 in our Portuguese list, against #26,628 for "apurado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "anulado" and "apurado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "anulado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apurado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,482 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anulado" and "apurado" 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 #18,482 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