atraídovsatrevidoWhich spelling fits?

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

#11,589
“atraído” frequency rank
#39,990
“atrevido” frequency rank
51579
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature atraído atrevido
Definition aproximado que se atreve

Letter map: atraído vs atrevido

Shared letters muted; letters that set atraído and atrevido apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. atraído runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against atrevido's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
atraído
8 ch
atrevido

Corpus notes: atraído and atrevido

atraído and atrevido 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

atraído is recorded at frequency rank #11,589, classified as anadj. atrevido is at rank #39,990, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.tɾɨ.ˈvi.du/.

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 51579, this pair ranks #13,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of atraído vs atrevido

Shared letters: adort. Private to "atraído": í. Private to "atrevido": eiv.

"atraído" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV  ·  "atrevido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atrevidoartevido · atervido · atreivdo · atrevdio · atreviddo · atreviod · atrevvido · atrrevido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "atraído" for "atrevido" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 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: "atraído" vs "atrevido" - which ranks higher?
"atraído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,589 in our Portuguese list, against #39,990 for "atrevido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "atraído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atrevido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "atraído" and "atrevido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atrelado 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 #13,483 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