atraídovsatrairWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: atraído is a adjective, atrair is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“atraído” is an adjective and “atrair” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,589
“atraído” frequency rank
#4,205
“atrair” frequency rank
15794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atraído atrair
Definition aproximado puxar para usando de charme, persuasão, etc

Letter map: atraído vs atrair

Shared letters muted; letters that set atraído and atrair apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. atraído runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against atrair's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
atraído
6 ch
atrair

Grammar separator: atraído vs atrair

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: atraído is anadjective and atrairaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atraído is recorded at frequency rank #11,589, classified as anadj. atrair is at rank #4,205, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/.

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 15794, this pair ranks #55,934 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of atraído vs atrair

Shared letters: art. Private to "atraído": doí. Private to "atrair": i.

"atraído" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV  ·  "atrair" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atrair ← artair · atarir · atrairr · atrari · atriar · atrrair · attrair · tarair

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "atraído" for "atrair" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "atraído" is an adjective and "atrair" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "atraído" vs "atrair" - which ranks higher?
"atrair" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,205 in our Portuguese list, against #11,589 for "atraído". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "atraído" and "atrair". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "atraído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atrair" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,934 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atraído" and "atrair" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs atrair". 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 #55,934 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