datadovsditadoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#20,262
“datado” frequency rank
#8,611
“ditado” frequency rank
28873
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature datado ditado
Definition que se sabe pertencer ou carregar registro de um momento ou data específica o que se dita para outro escrever

Letter map: datado vs ditado

Shared letters muted; letters that set datado and ditado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
datado
6 ch
ditado

Role in the sentence - datado and ditado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: datado is anadjective and ditadoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “datado” becomes i in “ditado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

datado is recorded at frequency rank #20,262, classified as anadj. 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 28873, this pair ranks #39,886 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of datado vs ditado

Shared letters: adot. Private to "datado": -. Private to "ditado": i.

"datado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "ditado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • datadoadtado · daatdo · dataddo · dataod · datdao · dattado · ddatado · dtaado
  • ditadodditado · diatdo · ditaddo · ditaod · ditdao · dittado · dtiado · idtado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "datado" for "ditado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "datado" is an adjective and "ditado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "datado" or "ditado" show up more?
"ditado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,611 in our Portuguese list, against #20,262 for "datado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "datado" 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 #39,886 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "datado" and "ditado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dardo vs datado". 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 #39,886 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