Which to use
“arrastado” is an adjective and “arrasto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,429
- “arrastado” frequency rank
- #28,462
- “arrasto” frequency rank
- 45891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrastado | arrasto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | levado ou trazido de rastos | ato ou efeito de arrastar; arrastamento |
Letter map: arrastado vs arrasto
Shared letters muted; letters that set arrastado and arrasto apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. arrastado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against arrasto's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - arrastado and arrasto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: arrastado is anadjective and arrastoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrastado is recorded at frequency rank #17,429, classified as anadj. arrasto is at rank #28,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈRa.stu/.
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 45891, this pair ranks #19,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrastado vs arrasto
Shared letters: aorst. Private to "arrastado": d. Private to "arrasto": -.
"arrastado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "arrasto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "arrastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrasto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrastado" and "arrasto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arbusto vs arrasto". 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 #19,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.