Which to use
“assinado” is an adjective and “assinar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,661
- “assinado” frequency rank
- #3,959
- “assinar” frequency rank
- 7620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assinado | assinar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | autenticado; comprovado por meio de uma assinatura | autenticar com o seu nome ou firma |
Letter map: assinado vs assinar
Shared letters muted; letters that set assinado and assinar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. assinado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against assinar's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for assinado / assinar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: assinado is anadjective and assinaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assinado is recorded at frequency rank #3,661, classified as anadj. assinar is at rank #3,959, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.si.ˈnaɾ/.
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 7620, this pair ranks #66,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of assinado vs assinar
Shared letters: ains. Private to "assinado": do. Private to "assinar": r.
"assinado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "assinar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assinado" and "assinar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "assinado" or "assinar" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "assinado" and "assinar".
- Full dictionary entry for "assinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assinar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assinado" and "assinar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afinado vs assinado". 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 #66,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.