Which to use
“arrastado” and “atrasado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,429
- “arrastado” frequency rank
- #5,820
- “atrasado” frequency rank
- 23249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrastado | atrasado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | levado ou trazido de rastos | que acontece após a hora ou data prevista |
Letter map: arrastado vs atrasado
Shared letters muted; letters that set arrastado and atrasado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. arrastado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against atrasado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - arrastado / atrasado
arrastado and atrasado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrastado is recorded at frequency rank #17,429, classified as anadj. atrasado is at rank #5,820, tagged as anadj, pronounced /a.tɾa.ˈza.du/.
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 23249, this pair ranks #46,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrastado vs atrasado
Shared letters: adorst. Private to "arrastado": -. Private to "atrasado": -.
"arrastado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "atrasado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrastado" and "atrasado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "arrastado" vs "atrasado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "arrastado" and "atrasado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atrasado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrastado" and "atrasado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrastado 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 #46,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.