Which to use
“arão” and “atraso” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,004
- “arão” frequency rank
- #4,206
- “atraso” frequency rank
- 34210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arão | atraso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ave marinha, airo, também chamado arau-comum, Uria aalge | ato ou efeito de atrasar(-se) |
Where the eye mixes arão and atraso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. arão runs 4 letters (VCVV) against atraso's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between arão and atraso
A purely visual mix-up. arão (Singular: /ɐ.'ɾaŋ/, /ɐ.'ɾa.o/, /ɐ.'ɾaw/) and atraso (/ɐ.ˈtɾa.zu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arão is recorded at frequency rank #30,004, classified as anoun, pronounced Singular: /ɐ.'ɾaŋ/, /ɐ.'ɾa.o/, /ɐ.'ɾaw/. atraso is at rank #4,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtɾa.zu/.
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 34210, this pair ranks #33,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arão vs atraso
Shared letters: aor. Private to "arão": ã. Private to "atraso": st.
"arão" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "atraso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- atraso ← artaso · atarso · atraos · atrasso · atrraso · atrsao · attraso · taraso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arão" and "atraso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "arão" or "atraso" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "arão" and "atraso" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atraso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arão" and "atraso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arão vs atar". 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 #33,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.