confiadovsconvidadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,578
“confiado” frequency rank
#2,935
“convidado” frequency rank
27513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature confiado convidado
Definition que tem confiança particípio do verbo convidar

Letter map: confiado vs convidado

Shared letters muted; letters that set confiado and convidado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

8 ch
confiado
9 ch
convidado

Part-of-speech tell for confiado / convidado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: confiado is anadjective and convidadoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

confiado is recorded at frequency rank #24,578, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ˈfja.du/. convidado is at rank #2,935, tagged as averb.

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 27513, this pair ranks #41,441 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of confiado vs convidado

Shared letters: acdino. Private to "confiado": f. Private to "convidado": v.

"confiado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "convidado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • confiadocconfiado · cnofiado · cofniado · confaido · conffiado · confiaddo · confiaod · confidao
  • convidadocconvidado · cnovidado · conivdado · connvidado · convdiado · conviaddo · convidaddo · convidaod

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "confiado" and "convidado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "confiado" is an adjective and "convidado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "confiado" vs "convidado" - which ranks higher?
"convidado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,935 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "confiado" and "convidado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "confiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convidado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,441 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "confiado" and "convidado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiado vs confisco". 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 #41,441 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