declaradovsdeclararTell them apart

Quick tell: declarado is a adjective, declarar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#6,285
“declarado” frequency rank
#6,400
“declarar” frequency rank
12685
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declarado declarar
Definition patenteado dizer, expressar, manifestar

Letter map: declarado vs declarar

Shared letters muted; letters that set declarado and declarar apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

9 ch
declarado
8 ch
declarar

Grammar separator: declarado vs declarar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: declarado is anadjective and declararaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declarado is recorded at frequency rank #6,285, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.klɐ.ˈɾa.du/. declarar is at rank #6,400, tagged as averb.

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 12685, this pair ranks #59,827 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of declarado vs declarar

Shared letters: acdelr. Private to "declarado": o. Private to "declarar": -.

"declarado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "declarar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradodcelarado · ddeclarado · decalrado · decclarado · declaardo · declaraddo · declaraod · declardao
  • declarardcelarar · ddeclarar · decalrar · decclarar · declaarr · declararr · declarra · declarrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "declarado" and "declarar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "declarado" is an adjective and "declarar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "declarado" or "declarar"?
"declarado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,285 in our Portuguese list, against #6,400 for "declarar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "declarado" and "declarar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declarado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "declarar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,827 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declarado" and "declarar" 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 #59,827 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