Which to use
“bordado” is an adjective and “bordão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,224
- “bordado” frequency rank
- #30,857
- “bordão” frequency rank
- 54081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bordado | bordão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | guarnecido com borda | vara de apoio |
Letter map: bordado vs bordão
Shared letters muted; letters that set bordado and bordão apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. bordado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against bordão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - bordado and bordão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bordado is anadjective and bordãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bordado is recorded at frequency rank #23,224, classified as anadj, pronounced /buɾ.ˈda.du/. bordão is at rank #30,857, 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 54081, this pair ranks #11,563 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bordado vs bordão
Shared letters: bdor. Private to "bordado": a. Private to "bordão": ã.
"bordado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "bordão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- bordado ← bbordado · bodrado · boraddo · bordaddo · bordaod · borddado · borddao · borrdado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "bordado" and "bordão" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "bordado" or "bordão"?
After this comparison
Pair "bordado" vs "bordão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "bordado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bordão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,563 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bordado" and "bordão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bordão vs borrão". 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 #11,563 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.