Which to use
“apagado” is an adjective and “aparato” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,658
- “apagado” frequency rank
- #16,219
- “aparato” frequency rank
- 29877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apagado | aparato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | extinto | ostentação em atos públicos ou particulares |
Where the eye mixes apagado and aparato
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: apagado vs aparato
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apagado is /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɡa.du/ while aparato is /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɾa.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apagado is recorded at frequency rank #13,658, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɡa.du/. aparato is at rank #16,219, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɾa.tu/.
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 29877, this pair ranks #38,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apagado vs aparato
Shared letters: aop. Private to "apagado": dg. Private to "aparato": rt.
"apagado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "aparato" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apagado" and "aparato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apagado" or "aparato"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "apagado" and "aparato" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aparato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apagado" and "aparato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aparar vs aparato". 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 #38,656 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.