atraídovsatrasoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#11,589
“atraído” frequency rank
#4,206
“atraso” frequency rank
15795
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atraído atraso
Definition aproximado ato ou efeito de atrasar(-se)

Letter map: atraído vs atraso

Shared letters muted; letters that set atraído and atraso apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
atraído
6 ch
atraso

Part-of-speech tell for atraído / atraso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: atraído is anadjective and atrasoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atraído is recorded at frequency rank #11,589, classified as anadj. atraso is at rank #4,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtɾa.zu/.

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 15795, this pair ranks #55,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of atraído vs atraso

Shared letters: aort. Private to "atraído": . Private to "atraso": s.

"atraído" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV  ·  "atraso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atrasoartaso · atarso · atraos · atrasso · atrraso · atrsao · attraso · taraso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "atraído" and "atraso" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "atraído" is an adjective and "atraso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "atraído" or "atraso"?
"atraso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,206 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "atraído" and "atraso".

  • Full dictionary entry for "atraído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atraso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atraído" and "atraso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atraído vs atrevido". 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 #55,933 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