datavsdatadoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#802
“data” frequency rank
#20,262
“datado” frequency rank
21064
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature data datado
Definition valor que indica um determinado momento no tempo que se sabe pertencer ou carregar registro de um momento ou data específica

Letter map: data vs datado

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

4 ch
data
6 ch
datado

Role in the sentence - data and datado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: data is anoun and datadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “data” sits inside “datado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

data is recorded at frequency rank #802, classified as anoun, pronounced /'da.tə/. 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 21064, this pair ranks #49,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of data vs datado

Shared letters: adt. Private to "data": -. Private to "datado": o.

"data" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "datado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dataadta · daat · datta · ddata · dtaa
  • datadoadtado · daatdo · dataddo · dataod · datdao · dattado · ddatado · dtaado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "data" and "datado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "data" is a noun and "datado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "data" or "datado" show up more?
"data" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #802 in our Portuguese list, against #20,262 for "datado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "data" and "datado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "data" 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 #49,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "data" and "datado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs data". 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 #49,291 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