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

#3,661
“assinado” frequency rank
#28,102
“assinalado” frequency rank
31763
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature assinado assinalado
Definition autenticado; comprovado por meio de uma assinatura que tem sinal

Letter map: assinado vs assinalado

Shared letters muted; letters that set assinado and assinalado apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

8 ch
assinado
10 ch
assinalado

Spelling & dictionary notes on assinado vs assinalado

assinado and assinalado 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 31763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

assinado is recorded at frequency rank #3,661, classified as anadj. assinalado is at rank #28,102, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈla.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 31763, this pair ranks #36,227 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of assinado vs assinalado

Shared letters: adinos. Private to "assinado": -. Private to "assinalado": l.

"assinado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "assinalado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • assinadoasinado · asisnado · assiando · assinaddo · assinaod · assindao · assinnado · assniado
  • assinaladoasinalado · asisnalado · assianlado · assinaaldo · assinaladdo · assinalaod · assinaldao · assinallado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "assinado" and "assinalado" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "assinado" or "assinalado"?
"assinado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,661 in our Portuguese list, against #28,102 for "assinalado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "assinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "assinalado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,227 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "assinado" and "assinalado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assinalado vs assinalar". 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 #36,227 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