Which to use
“autoridade” is a noun and “autorizado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,699
- “autoridade” frequency rank
- #6,266
- “autorizado” frequency rank
- 7965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autoridade | autorizado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | poder | dotado de autoridade |
Letter map: autoridade vs autorizado
Shared letters muted; letters that set autoridade and autorizado apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. autoridade and autorizado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for autoridade / autorizado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: autoridade is anoun and autorizadoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autoridade is recorded at frequency rank #1,699, classified as anoun, pronounced /aw.tu.ɾi.ˈda.dɨ/. autorizado is at rank #6,266, tagged as anadj.
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 7965, this pair ranks #65,992 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of autoridade vs autorizado
Shared letters: adiortu. Private to "autoridade": e. Private to "autorizado": z.
"autoridade" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCV · "autorizado" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- autoridade ← atuoridade · auotridade · autoirdade · autordiade · autoriadde · autoridadde · autoridaed · autoriddade
- autorizado ← atuorizado · auotrizado · autoirzado · autoriazdo · autorizaddo · autorizaod · autorizdao · autorizzado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "autoridade" for "autorizado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "autoridade" or "autorizado"?
What to do next
Pair "autoridade" vs "autorizado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "autoridade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorizado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,992 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autoridade" and "autorizado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorizado vs autorizar". 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 #65,992 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.