atadovsatraídoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#37,645
“atado” frequency rank
#11,589
“atraído” frequency rank
49234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atado atraído
Definition preso com uma corda ou atacador aproximado

Letter map: atado vs atraído

Shared letters muted; letters that set atado and atraído apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. atado runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against atraído's 7 (VCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
atado
7 ch
atraído

Corpus notes: atado and atraído

atado and atraído 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 49234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atado is recorded at frequency rank #37,645, classified as anadj. atraído is at rank #11,589, 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 49234, this pair ranks #15,814 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of atado vs atraído

Shared letters: adot. Private to "atado": -. Private to "atraído": rí.

"atado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "atraído" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atado ← aatdo · ataddo · ataod · atdao · attado · taado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "atado" for "atraído" ever safe?
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: "atado" vs "atraído" - which ranks higher?
"atraído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,589 in our Portuguese list, against #37,645 for "atado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "atado" vs "atraído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "atado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atraído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,814 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atado" and "atraído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atado vs atar". 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 #15,814 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