compilaçãovscompiladoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: compilação is a noun, compilado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“compilação” is a noun and “compilado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,234
“compilação” frequency rank
#30,058
“compilado” frequency rank
41292
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature compilação compilado
Definition resumo que se compilou

Letter map: compilação vs compilado

Shared letters muted; letters that set compilação and compilado apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. compilação runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against compilado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
compilação
9 ch
compilado

Part-of-speech tell for compilação / compilado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: compilação is anoun and compiladoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

compilação is recorded at frequency rank #11,234, classified as anoun. compilado is at rank #30,058, tagged as anadj.

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 41292, this pair ranks #24,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of compilação vs compilado

Shared letters: acilmop. Private to "compilação": ãç. Private to "compilado": d.

"compilação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV  ·  "compilado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • compilado ← ccompilado · cmopilado · comiplado · commpilado · compialdo · compiladdo · compilaod · compildao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "compilação" and "compilado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "compilação" is a noun and "compilado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "compilação" or "compilado" show up more?
"compilação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,234 in our Portuguese list, against #30,058 for "compilado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "compilação" vs "compilado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "compilação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compilado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "compilação" and "compilado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compilado vs compilar". 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 #24,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list