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.
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?
Frequency check: "concentração" vs "concentrado" - which ranks higher?
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.