Which to use
“atrair” is a verb and “atraso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,205
- “atrair” frequency rank
- #4,206
- “atraso” frequency rank
- 8411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atrair | atraso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | puxar para usando de charme, persuasão, etc | ato ou efeito de atrasar(-se) |
Where the eye mixes atrair and atraso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. atrair (VCCVVC) and atraso (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: atrair vs atraso
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: atrair is /ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/ while atraso is /ɐ.ˈtɾa.zu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atrair is recorded at frequency rank #4,205, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/. 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 8411, this pair ranks #65,374 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of atrair vs atraso
Shared letters: art. Private to "atrair": i. Private to "atraso": os.
"atrair" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "atraso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "atrair" and "atraso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "atrair" or "atraso" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "atrair" and "atraso" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "atrair" 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 #65,374 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atrair" and "atraso" 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 #65,374 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.