Which to use
“congelado” and “congelador” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,972
- “congelado” frequency rank
- #21,119
- “congelador” frequency rank
- 38091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelado | congelador |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | frio como o gelo | que congela |
Where the eye mixes congelado and congelador
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. congelado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against congelador's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between congelado and congelador
A purely visual mix-up. congelado (/kõ.ʒɨ.ˈla.du/) and congelador (/kõ.ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈdoɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “congelado” sits inside “congelador”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congelado is recorded at frequency rank #16,972, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ʒɨ.ˈla.du/. congelador is at rank #21,119, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈdoɾ/.
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 38091, this pair ranks #28,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of congelado vs congelador
Shared letters: acdeglno. Private to "congelado": -. Private to "congelador": r.
"congelado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "congelador" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congelado ← ccongelado · cnogelado · cognelado · coneglado · congealdo · congeladdo · congelaod · congeldao
- congelador ← ccongelador · cnogelador · cognelador · coneglador · congealdor · congeladdor · congeladorr · congeladro
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "congelado" and "congelador" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "congelado" or "congelador"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "congelado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelado" and "congelador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congelador vs congelar". 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 #28,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.