Which to use
“carregado” is an adjective and “carregar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,872
- “carregado” frequency rank
- #3,379
- “carregar” frequency rank
- 11251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carregado | carregar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está cheio de carga | meter carga em ou sobre |
Where the eye mixes carregado and carregar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. carregado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against carregar's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: carregado vs carregar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carregado is /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡa.du/ while carregar is /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carregado is recorded at frequency rank #7,872, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡa.du/. carregar is at rank #3,379, tagged as averb, pronounced /kɐ.Rɨ.ˈɡaɾ/.
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 11251, this pair ranks #61,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of carregado vs carregar
Shared letters: acegr. Private to "carregado": do. Private to "carregar": -.
"carregado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "carregar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carregado" and "carregar" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "carregado" or "carregar"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "carregado" and "carregar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carregado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carregar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carregado" and "carregar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carregar vs carrera". 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 #61,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.