Which to use
“babado” and “bêbado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,249
- “babado” frequency rank
- #6,271
- “bêbado” frequency rank
- 37520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | babado | bêbado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | molhado com baba | embriagado, sob efeito de álcool |
Where the eye mixes babado and bêbado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. babado and bêbado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses babado with bêbado
A purely visual mix-up. babado (/baˈba.du/) and bêbado (/ˈbe.ba.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “babado” becomes ê in “bêbado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
babado is recorded at frequency rank #31,249, classified as anadj, pronounced /baˈba.du/. bêbado is at rank #6,271, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈbe.ba.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 37520, this pair ranks #29,085 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of babado vs bêbado
Shared letters: abdo. Private to "babado": -. Private to "bêbado": ê.
"babado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "bêbado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- babado ← abbado · baabdo · babaddo · babaod · babbado · babdao · bbaado · bbabado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "babado" and "bêbado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "babado" or "bêbado"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "babado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bêbado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,085 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "babado" and "bêbado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "babado vs bardo". 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 #29,085 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.