Which to use
“dead” is an adjective and “década” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,859
- “dead” frequency rank
- #1,775
- “década” frequency rank
- 8634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dead | década |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | morto | período de dez unidades |
Letter map: dead vs década
Shared letters muted; letters that set dead and década apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - dead and década
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dead is anadjective and décadaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dead is recorded at frequency rank #6,859, classified as anadj. década is at rank #1,775, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɛ.kɐ.dɐ/.
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 8634, this pair ranks #65,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dead vs década
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dead": e. Private to "década": cé.
"dead" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "década" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dead ← daed · ddead · deadd · deda · edad
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dead" for "década" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dead" or "década" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "dead" vs "década" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "dead" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "década" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dead" and "década" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dead". 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 #65,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.