atadovsátrioTell them apart

Quick tell: atado is a adjective, átrio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“atado” is an adjective and “átrio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,645
“atado” frequency rank
#26,601
“átrio” frequency rank
64246
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atado átrio
Definition preso com uma corda ou atacador vestíbulo que vai da entrada principal à escadaria

Letter map: atado vs átrio

Shared letters muted; letters that set atado and átrio apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. atado (VCVCV) and átrio (VCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
atado
5 ch
átrio

Part-of-speech tell for atado / átrio

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: atado is anadjective and átrioanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atado is recorded at frequency rank #37,645, classified as anadj. átrio is at rank #26,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.tɾju/.

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 64246, this pair ranks #5,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of atado vs átrio

Shared letters: ot. Private to "atado": ad. Private to "átrio": irá.

"atado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "átrio" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "atado" for "átrio" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "atado" is an adjective and "átrio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "atado" or "átrio"?
"átrio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,601 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "atado" and "átrio". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "atado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "átrio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atado" and "átrio" 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 #5,858 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