Which to use
“cândido” is an adjective and “condado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,212
- “cândido” frequency rank
- #8,591
- “condado” frequency rank
- 20803
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cândido | condado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | muito branco, alvo | dignidade de conde |
Where the eye mixes cândido and condado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cândido and condado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cândido and condado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cândido is /ˈkɐ̃.di.du/ while condado is /kõ.ˈda.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 20803, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cândido is recorded at frequency rank #12,212, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɐ̃.di.du/. condado is at rank #8,591, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈda.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 20803, this pair ranks #49,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cândido vs condado
Shared letters: cdno. Private to "cândido": iâ. Private to "condado": a.
"cândido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "condado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- condado ← ccondado · cnodado · codnado · conaddo · condaddo · condaod · conddado · conddao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cândido" for "condado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cândido" vs "condado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cândido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cândido" and "condado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condado vs conduto". 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 #49,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.