Which to use
“arrastado” is an adjective and “arrastão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,429
- “arrastado” frequency rank
- #23,567
- “arrastão” frequency rank
- 40996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrastado | arrastão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | levado ou trazido de rastos | assalto perpetrado por um ou vários grupos de indivíduos em sítio público |
Letter map: arrastado vs arrastão
Shared letters muted; letters that set arrastado and arrastão apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. arrastado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against arrastão's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for arrastado / arrastão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arrastado is anadjective and arrastãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrastado is recorded at frequency rank #17,429, classified as anadj. arrastão is at rank #23,567, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.Rɐʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
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 40996, this pair ranks #25,022 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrastado vs arrastão
Shared letters: aorst. Private to "arrastado": d. Private to "arrastão": ã.
"arrastado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "arrastão" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrastado ← ararstado · arastado · arrasatdo · arrasstado · arrastaddo · arrastaod · arrastdao · arrasttado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arrastado" and "arrastão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "arrastado" or "arrastão"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "arrastado" and "arrastão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,022 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrastado" and "arrastão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arranhão vs arrastão". 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 #25,022 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.