Which to use
“aprovação” is a noun and “aprovado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,351
- “aprovação” frequency rank
- #2,987
- “aprovado” frequency rank
- 5338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aprovação | aprovado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou resultado de aprovar / ser aprovado | que obteve aprovação |
Where the eye mixes aprovação and aprovado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aprovação runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVV) against aprovado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: aprovação vs aprovado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aprovação is /ɐ.pɾu.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while aprovado is /ɐ.pɾu.ˈva.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aprovação is recorded at frequency rank #2,351, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pɾu.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. aprovado is at rank #2,987, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pɾu.ˈva.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 5338, this pair ranks #69,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aprovação vs aprovado
Shared letters: aoprv. Private to "aprovação": ãç. Private to "aprovado": d.
"aprovação" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "aprovado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aprovado ← aporvado · approvado · aproavdo · aprovaddo · aprovaod · aprovdao · aprovvado · aprrovado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aprovação" and "aprovado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aprovação" vs "aprovado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "aprovação" and "aprovado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aprovação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aprovado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aprovação" and "aprovado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprovado vs arrojado". 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 #69,302 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.