Which to use
“consumado” and “consumido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,944
- “consumado” frequency rank
- #11,607
- “consumido” frequency rank
- 37551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consumado | consumido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se consumou; acabado, terminado; realizado | que se gastou |
Where the eye mixes consumado and consumido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between consumado and consumido
A purely visual mix-up. consumado (/kõ.su.ˈma.du/) and consumido (/kõ.su.ˈmi.du/) 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 a single letter - a in “consumado” becomes i in “consumido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consumado is recorded at frequency rank #25,944, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.su.ˈma.du/. consumido is at rank #11,607, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.su.ˈmi.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 37551, this pair ranks #29,049 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consumado vs consumido
Shared letters: cdmnosu. Private to "consumado": a. Private to "consumido": i.
"consumado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "consumido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "consumado" for "consumido" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "consumado" or "consumido" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "consumado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consumido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,049 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consumado" and "consumido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consumado 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 #29,049 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.