Which to use
“conjugado” is an adjective and “conjugar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,959
- “conjugado” frequency rank
- #37,249
- “conjugar” frequency rank
- 78208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conjugado | conjugar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo ao que está unido a outra coisa | flexionar (um verbo) de acordo com algum de seus tempos, pessoas ou modos |
Where the eye mixes conjugado and conjugar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conjugado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against conjugar's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conjugado with conjugar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conjugado is /kõ.ʒuˈɡa.du/ while conjugar is /kõ.ʒu.ˈɡaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conjugado is recorded at frequency rank #40,959, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ʒuˈɡa.du/. conjugar is at rank #37,249, tagged as averb, pronounced /kõ.ʒu.ˈɡaɾ/.
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 78208, this pair ranks #1,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conjugado vs conjugar
Shared letters: acgjnou. Private to "conjugado": d. Private to "conjugar": r.
"conjugado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "conjugar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conjugado" and "conjugar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "conjugado" or "conjugar" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conjugado" and "conjugar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conjugado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conjugar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conjugado" and "conjugar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjugar vs consumar". 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 #1,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.