declaraçãovsdeclaradoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,967
“declaração” frequency rank
#6,285
“declarado” frequency rank
8252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declaração declarado
Definition afirmação de um facto patenteado

Where the eye mixes declaração and declarado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
declaração
9 ch
declarado

Visual trap between declaração and declarado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: declaração is /dɨ.klɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while declarado is /dɨ.klɐ.ˈɾa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declaração is recorded at frequency rank #1,967, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.klɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. declarado is at rank #6,285, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.klɐ.ˈɾa.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 8252, this pair ranks #65,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of declaração vs declarado

Shared letters: acdelor. Private to "declaração": ãç. Private to "declarado": -.

"declaração" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV  ·  "declarado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradodcelarado · ddeclarado · decalrado · decclarado · declaardo · declaraddo · declaraod · declardao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "declaração" for "declarado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "declaração" is a noun and "declarado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "declaração" vs "declarado" - which ranks higher?
"declaração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,967 in our Portuguese list, against #6,285 for "declarado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "declaração" and "declarado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declaração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "declarado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declaração" and "declarado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declarado vs descarado". 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 #65,591 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