Which to use
“bad” and “blade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,699
- “bad” frequency rank
- #20,796
- “blade” frequency rank
- 25495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bad | blade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | banho | lâmina |
Letter map: bad vs blade
Shared letters muted; letters that set bad and blade apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on bad vs blade
bad and blade 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bad is recorded at frequency rank #4,699, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɑt/. blade is at rank #20,796, tagged as anoun.
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 25495, this pair ranks #43,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bad vs blade
Shared letters: abd. Private to "bad": -. Private to "blade": el.
"bad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "blade" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- blade ← bblade · bladde · blaed · bldae · bllade · lbade
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bad" and "blade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bad" or "blade" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bad" and "blade".
- Full dictionary entry for "bad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bad" and "blade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beldade vs blade". 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 #43,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.