Which to use
“arrastão” and “arrasto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,567
- “arrastão” frequency rank
- #28,462
- “arrasto” frequency rank
- 52029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrastão | arrasto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | assalto perpetrado por um ou vários grupos de indivíduos em sítio público | ato ou efeito de arrastar; arrastamento |
Where the eye mixes arrastão and arrasto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arrastão runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against arrasto's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between arrastão and arrasto
A purely visual mix-up. arrastão (/ɐ.Rɐʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/) and arrasto (/ɐ.ˈRa.stu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrastão is recorded at frequency rank #23,567, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.Rɐʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. 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 52029, this pair ranks #13,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrastão vs arrasto
Shared letters: aorst. Private to "arrastão": ã. Private to "arrasto": -.
"arrastão" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "arrasto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrasto ← ararsto · arasto · arrasot · arrassto · arrastto · arratso · arrsato · rarasto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrastão" for "arrasto" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrastão" vs "arrasto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrastão" 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 #13,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrastão" and "arrasto" 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 #13,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.