Which to use
“condenação” is a noun and “condenado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,721
- “condenação” frequency rank
- #3,190
- “condenado” frequency rank
- 8911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condenação | condenado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de condenar | diz-se de quem foi sentenciado como criminoso |
Letter map: condenação vs condenado
Shared letters muted; letters that set condenação and condenado apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. condenação runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against condenado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for condenação / condenado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: condenação is anoun and condenadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condenação is recorded at frequency rank #5,721, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.dɨ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. condenado is at rank #3,190, 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 8911, this pair ranks #64,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condenação vs condenado
Shared letters: acdeno. Private to "condenação": ãç. Private to "condenado": -.
"condenação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "condenado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- condenado ← ccondenado · cnodenado · codnenado · conddenado · condeando · condenaddo · condenaod · condendao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "condenação" for "condenado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "condenação" vs "condenado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "condenação" and "condenado".
- Full dictionary entry for "condenação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condenado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condenação" and "condenado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condenado vs coordenado". 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 #64,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.