assadovsassinadoConfusable pair

Which to use

“assado” and “assinado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,073
“assado” frequency rank
#3,661
“assinado” frequency rank
17734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assado assinado
Definition queimado autenticado; comprovado por meio de uma assinatura

Letter map: assado vs assinado

Shared letters muted; letters that set assado and assinado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

6 ch
assado
8 ch
assinado

Corpus notes: assado and assinado

assado and assinado 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assado is recorded at frequency rank #14,073, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsa.du/. assinado is at rank #3,661, tagged as anadj.

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 17734, this pair ranks #53,438 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assado vs assinado

Shared letters: ados. Private to "assado": -. Private to "assinado": in.

"assado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "assinado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assadoasado · asasdo · assaddo · assaod · assdao · sasado
  • assinadoasinado · asisnado · assiando · assinaddo · assinaod · assindao · assinnado · assniado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "assado" and "assinado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "assado" vs "assinado" - which ranks higher?
"assinado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,661 in our Portuguese list, against #14,073 for "assado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "assado" vs "assinado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "assado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assinado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,438 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assado" and "assinado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs assado". 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 #53,438 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list