Which to use
“comunicado” is a noun and “comunicar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,539
- “comunicado” frequency rank
- #4,454
- “comunicar” frequency rank
- 8993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comunicado | comunicar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aviso ou informação de caráter oficial | dar conhecimento sobre algo; tornar conhecido |
Where the eye mixes comunicado and comunicar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses comunicado with comunicar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comunicado is /ku.mu.ni.ˈka.du/ while comunicar is /ku.mu.ni.ˈkaɾ/. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comunicado is recorded at frequency rank #4,539, classified as anoun, pronounced /ku.mu.ni.ˈka.du/. comunicar is at rank #4,454, tagged as averb, pronounced /ku.mu.ni.ˈkaɾ/.
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 8993, this pair ranks #64,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comunicado vs comunicar
Shared letters: acimnou. Private to "comunicado": d. Private to "comunicar": r.
"comunicado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "comunicar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comunicado ← ccomunicado · cmounicado · communicado · comnuicado · comuincado · comunciado · comuniacdo · comunicaddo
- comunicar ← ccomunicar · cmounicar · communicar · comnuicar · comuincar · comunciar · comuniacr · comunicarr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comunicado" for "comunicar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "comunicado" or "comunicar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comunicado" and "comunicar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicado vs comunicador". 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 #64,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.