Which to use
“assinalado” is an adjective and “assinalar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,102
- “assinalado” frequency rank
- #21,085
- “assinalar” frequency rank
- 49187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assinalado | assinalar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem sinal | pôr marca ou sinal em |
Where the eye mixes assinalado and assinalar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses assinalado with assinalar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: assinalado is /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈla.du/ while assinalar is /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/. 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 49187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assinalado is recorded at frequency rank #28,102, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈla.du/. assinalar is at rank #21,085, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.si.nɐ.ˈlaɾ/.
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 49187, this pair ranks #15,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of assinalado vs assinalar
Shared letters: ailns. Private to "assinalado": do. Private to "assinalar": r.
"assinalado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV · "assinalar" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- assinalado ← asinalado · asisnalado · assianlado · assinaaldo · assinaladdo · assinalaod · assinaldao · assinallado
- assinalar ← asinalar · asisnalar · assianlar · assinaalr · assinalarr · assinallar · assinalra · assinlaar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "assinalado" and "assinalar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "assinalado" vs "assinalar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "assinalado" and "assinalar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "assinalado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "assinalar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assinalado" and "assinalar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assimilar 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 #15,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.