Which to use
“dedicado” is an adjective and “dedução” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,321
- “dedicado” frequency rank
- #22,601
- “dedução” frequency rank
- 25922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dedicado | dedução |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | devotado; que se dedica | ato ou efeito de deduzir |
Where the eye mixes dedicado and dedução
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dedicado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dedução's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dedicado with dedução
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dedicado is /dɨ.di.ˈka.du/ while dedução is /dɨ.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dedicado is recorded at frequency rank #3,321, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.di.ˈka.du/. dedução is at rank #22,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 25922, this pair ranks #43,308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dedicado vs dedução
Shared letters: deo. Private to "dedicado": aci. Private to "dedução": uãç.
"dedicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "dedução" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dedicado ← ddedicado · ddeicado · dedciado · deddicado · dediacdo · dedicaddo · dedicaod · dediccado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dedicado" for "dedução" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dedicado" vs "dedução" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dedicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dedução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dedicado" and "dedução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dedução vs devoção". 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 #43,308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.