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.
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?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "compilação" or "compilado" show up more?
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.