confiavsconfiadoTell them apart

Quick tell: confia is a verb, confiado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“confia” is a verb and “confiado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,927
“confia” frequency rank
#24,578
“confiado” frequency rank
30505
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confia confiado
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo confiar que tem confiança

Letter map: confia vs confiado

Shared letters muted; letters that set confia and confiado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. confia runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against confiado's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
confia
8 ch
confiado

Role in the sentence - confia and confiado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: confia is averb and confiadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “confia” sits inside “confiado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confia is recorded at frequency rank #5,927, classified as averb. confiado is at rank #24,578, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ˈfja.du/.

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 30505, this pair ranks #37,825 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of confia vs confiado

Shared letters: acfino. Private to "confia": -. Private to "confiado": d.

"confia" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "confiado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confia ← cconfia · cnofia · cofnia · confai · conffia · conifa · connfia · ocnfia
  • confiado ← cconfiado · cnofiado · cofniado · confaido · conffiado · confiaddo · confiaod · confidao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "confia" and "confiado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "confia" is a verb and "confiado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "confia" or "confiado"?
"confia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,927 in our Portuguese list, against #24,578 for "confiado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "confia" vs "confiado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "confia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confiado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,825 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confia" and "confiado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs confia". 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 #37,825 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