concentraçãovsconcentradoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,997
“concentração” frequency rank
#11,417
“concentrado” frequency rank
14414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concentração concentrado
Definition ato ou efeito de concentrar ou de concentrar-se que está em alta concentração, em alta quantidade

Letter map: concentração vs concentrado

Shared letters muted; letters that set concentração and concentrado apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. concentração runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCCVCVV) against concentrado's 11 (CVCCVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
concentração
11 ch
concentrado

Role in the sentence - concentração and concentrado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: concentração is anoun and concentradoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concentração is recorded at frequency rank #2,997, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.sẽ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. concentrado is at rank #11,417, 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 14414, this pair ranks #57,672 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of concentração vs concentrado

Shared letters: acenort. Private to "concentração": ãç. Private to "concentrado": d.

"concentração" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCVV  ·  "concentrado" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concentrado ← cconcentrado · cnocentrado · cocnentrado · conccentrado · concenntrado · concenrtado · concentardo · concentraddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "concentração" and "concentrado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "concentração" is a noun and "concentrado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "concentração" vs "concentrado" - which ranks higher?
"concentração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,997 in our Portuguese list, against #11,417 for "concentrado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "concentração" vs "concentrado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concentração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concentrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,672 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concentração" and "concentrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concentração vs concertação". 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 #57,672 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