Which to use
“dado” is an adjective and “ditado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,067
- “dado” frequency rank
- #8,611
- “ditado” frequency rank
- 9678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dado | ditado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi entregado | o que se dita para outro escrever |
Where the eye mixes dado and ditado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dado vs ditado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dado is /ˈda.dʊ/ while ditado is /di.ˈta.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dado is recorded at frequency rank #1,067, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈda.dʊ/. ditado is at rank #8,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced /di.ˈta.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 9678, this pair ranks #63,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dado vs ditado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "dado": -. Private to "ditado": it.
"dado" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "ditado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dado" and "ditado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dado" or "ditado"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "dado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ditado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dado" and "ditado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dado vs dat". 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 #63,677 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.