Which to use
“bêbado” is an adjective and “bebida” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,271
- “bêbado” frequency rank
- #3,124
- “bebida” frequency rank
- 9395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bêbado | bebida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | embriagado, sob efeito de álcool | líquido que se pode beber |
Where the eye mixes bêbado and bebida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. bêbado and bebida 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 bêbado with bebida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bêbado is /ˈbe.ba.du/ while bebida is /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bêbado is recorded at frequency rank #6,271, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈbe.ba.du/. bebida is at rank #3,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɨ.ˈbi.dɐ/.
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 9395, this pair ranks #64,056 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bêbado vs bebida
Shared letters: abd. Private to "bêbado": oê. Private to "bebida": ei.
"bêbado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "bebida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bebida ← bbebida · bbeida · bebbida · bebdia · bebiad · bebidda · beibda · ebbida
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bêbado" and "bebida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bêbado" or "bebida" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "bêbado" and "bebida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bêbado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bebida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,056 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bêbado" and "bebida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beato vs bêbado". 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 #64,056 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.