aradovsararaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: arado is a adjective, arara is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“arado” is an adjective and “arara” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,977
“arado” frequency rank
#21,084
“arara” frequency rank
61061
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arado arara
Definition diz-se do solo que foi lavrado ave tropical da família dos psitacídeos

Letter map: arado vs arara

Shared letters muted; letters that set arado and arara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. arado and arara follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
arado
5 ch
arara

Part-of-speech tell for arado / arara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arado is anadjective and araraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

arado is recorded at frequency rank #39,977, classified as anadj, pronounced /aˈɾa.du/. arara is at rank #21,084, tagged as anoun.

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 61061, this pair ranks #7,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of arado vs arara

Shared letters: ar. Private to "arado": do. Private to "arara": -.

"arado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "arara" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • arado ← aardo · araddo · araod · ardao · arrado · raado
  • arara ← aarra · araar · ararra · arraa · arrara · raara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "arado" and "arara" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "arado" is an adjective and "arara" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "arado" vs "arara" - which ranks higher?
"arara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,084 in our Portuguese list, against #39,977 for "arado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "arado" and "arara". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "arado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arado" and "arara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs arado". 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 #7,333 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