Which to use
“armado” is an adjective and “armário” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,061
- “armado” frequency rank
- #6,612
- “armário” frequency rank
- 11673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | armado | armário |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que porta armas | móvel, normalmente de madeira ou metal, e que normalmente apresenta portas e prateleiras |
Where the eye mixes armado and armário
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. armado runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against armário's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between armado and armário
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: armado is /ɐɾ.ˈma.du/ while armário is /ɐɾ.ˈma.ɾju/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
armado is recorded at frequency rank #5,061, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐɾ.ˈma.du/. armário is at rank #6,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐɾ.ˈma.ɾju/.
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 11673, this pair ranks #61,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of armado vs armário
Shared letters: amor. Private to "armado": d. Private to "armário": iá.
"armado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "armário" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- armado ← amrado · aramdo · armaddo · armaod · armdao · armmado · arrmado · ramado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "armado" and "armário" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "armado" vs "armário" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "armado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armário" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "armado" and "armário" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs armado". 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 #61,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.