Which to use
“combinação” is a noun and “combinado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,604
- “combinação” frequency rank
- #5,835
- “combinado” frequency rank
- 9439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | combinação | combinado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de combinar ou combinar-se; ligação, pacto | que se combinou |
Where the eye mixes combinação and combinado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses combinação with combinado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: combinação is /kõ.bi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while combinado is /kõ.bi.ˈna.du/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
combinação is recorded at frequency rank #3,604, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.bi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. combinado is at rank #5,835, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.bi.ˈna.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 9439, this pair ranks #63,993 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of combinação vs combinado
Shared letters: abcimno. Private to "combinação": ãç. Private to "combinado": d.
"combinação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "combinado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- combinado ← ccombinado · cmobinado · cobminado · combbinado · combiando · combinaddo · combinaod · combindao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "combinação" for "combinado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "combinação" or "combinado"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "combinação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "combinado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,993 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "combinação" and "combinado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "combinado vs compilado". 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 #63,993 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.