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

#39,977
“arado” frequency rank
#11,589
“atraído” frequency rank
51566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature arado atraído
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Letter map: arado vs atraído

Shared letters muted; letters that set arado and atraído apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
arado
7 ch
atraído

Pair insight - arado / atraído

arado and atraído 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51566, 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/. atraído is at rank #11,589, tagged as anadj.

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 51566, this pair ranks #13,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of arado vs atraído

Shared letters: ador. Private to "arado": -. Private to "atraído": .

"arado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "atraído" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aradoaardo · araddo · araod · ardao · arrado · raado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "arado" and "atraído" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "arado" vs "atraído" - which ranks higher?
"atraído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,589 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

Pair "arado" vs "atraído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "arado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atraído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "arado" and "atraído" 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 #13,493 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