Which to use
“aprovado” and “arrojado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,987
- “aprovado” frequency rank
- #38,584
- “arrojado” frequency rank
- 41571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aprovado | arrojado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que obteve aprovação | atrevido |
Where the eye mixes aprovado and arrojado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aprovado and arrojado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between aprovado and arrojado
A purely visual mix-up. aprovado (/ɐ.pɾu.ˈva.du/) and arrojado (/ɐ.Ru.ˈʒa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aprovado is recorded at frequency rank #2,987, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.pɾu.ˈva.du/. arrojado is at rank #38,584, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.Ru.ˈʒa.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 41571, this pair ranks #24,335 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aprovado vs arrojado
Shared letters: ador. Private to "aprovado": pv. Private to "arrojado": j.
"aprovado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "arrojado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aprovado" and "arrojado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aprovado" vs "arrojado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "aprovado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrojado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,335 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aprovado" and "arrojado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arranjado 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 #24,335 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.