consideradovsconsiderarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#1,274
“considerado” frequency rank
#2,827
“considerar” frequency rank
4101
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature considerado considerar
Definition julgado apreciar com reflexão, ponderadamente:

Letter map: considerado vs considerar

Shared letters muted; letters that set considerado and considerar apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.

11 ch
considerado
10 ch
considerar

Grammar separator: considerado vs considerar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: considerado is anadjective and consideraraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

considerado is recorded at frequency rank #1,274, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.si.dɨ.ˈɾa.du/. considerar is at rank #2,827, 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 4101, this pair ranks #70,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of considerado vs considerar

Shared letters: acdeinors. Private to "considerado": -. Private to "considerar": -.

"considerado" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV  ·  "considerar" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • consideradocconsiderado · cnosiderado · conisderado · connsiderado · consdierado · considderado · consideardo · consideraddo
  • considerarcconsiderar · cnosiderar · conisderar · connsiderar · consdierar · considderar · considearr · considerarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "considerado" for "considerar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "considerado" is an adjective and "considerar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "considerado" vs "considerar" - which ranks higher?
"considerado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,274 in our Portuguese list, against #2,827 for "considerar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "considerado" and "considerar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "considerado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "considerar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "considerado" and "considerar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consideração vs considerado". 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 #70,914 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