dardovsdatadoTell them apart

Quick tell: dardo is a noun, datado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dardo” is a noun and “datado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,926
“dardo” frequency rank
#20,262
“datado” frequency rank
49188
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dardo datado
Definition pequena lança que se sabe pertencer ou carregar registro de um momento ou data específica

Letter map: dardo vs datado

Shared letters muted; letters that set dardo and datado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
dardo
6 ch
datado

Part-of-speech tell for dardo / datado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dardo is anoun and datadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dardo is recorded at frequency rank #28,926, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdaɾ.du/. datado is at rank #20,262, tagged as anadj.

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 49188, this pair ranks #15,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dardo vs datado

Shared letters: ado. Private to "dardo": r. Private to "datado": t.

"dardo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "datado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dardoadrdo · dadro · darddo · darod · darrdo · ddardo · drado
  • datadoadtado · daatdo · dataddo · dataod · datdao · dattado · ddatado · dtaado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dardo" for "datado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dardo" is a noun and "datado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dardo" or "datado" show up more?
"datado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,262 in our Portuguese list, against #28,926 for "dardo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dardo" and "datado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "dardo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "datado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dardo" and "datado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damo vs dardo". 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 #15,880 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