Which to use
“arrastado” is an adjective and “arrastar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,429
- “arrastado” frequency rank
- #13,442
- “arrastar” frequency rank
- 30871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrastado | arrastar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | levado ou trazido de rastos | puxar atrás de si, geralmente com dificuldade, fazendo que deslize pelo chão |
Letter map: arrastado vs arrastar
Shared letters muted; letters that set arrastado and arrastar apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for arrastado / arrastar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arrastado is anadjective and arrastaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrastado is recorded at frequency rank #17,429, classified as anadj. arrastar is at rank #13,442, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.Rɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/.
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 30871, this pair ranks #37,376 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrastado vs arrastar
Shared letters: arst. Private to "arrastado": do. Private to "arrastar": -.
"arrastado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "arrastar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "arrastado" vs "arrastar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,376 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrastado" and "arrastar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrastar vs arrotar". 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 #37,376 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.