Which to use
“arrepiado” is an adjective and “arrepiar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,566
- “arrepiado” frequency rank
- #25,197
- “arrepiar” frequency rank
- 59763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrepiado | arrepiar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eriçado | fazer ao arrepio, em sentido contrário ao natural |
Where the eye mixes arrepiado and arrepiar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: arrepiado vs arrepiar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arrepiado is /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpja.du/ while arrepiar is /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpjaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrepiado is recorded at frequency rank #34,566, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpja.du/. arrepiar is at rank #25,197, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.Rɨ.ˈpjaɾ/.
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 59763, this pair ranks #8,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrepiado vs arrepiar
Shared letters: aeipr. Private to "arrepiado": do. Private to "arrepiar": -.
"arrepiado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "arrepiar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arrepiado" and "arrepiar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "arrepiado" or "arrepiar"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrepiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrepiar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrepiado" and "arrepiar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrendado vs arrepiado". 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 #8,015 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.