Which to use
“dedicado” and “delicado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,321
- “dedicado” frequency rank
- #10,343
- “delicado” frequency rank
- 13664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dedicado | delicado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | devotado; que se dedica | que usa de delicadeza |
Where the eye mixes dedicado and delicado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dedicado and delicado
A purely visual mix-up. dedicado (/dɨ.di.ˈka.du/) and delicado (/dɨ.li.ˈka.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - d in “dedicado” becomes l in “delicado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13664, 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/. delicado is at rank #10,343, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.li.ˈka.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 13664, this pair ranks #58,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dedicado vs delicado
Shared letters: acdeio. Private to "dedicado": -. Private to "delicado": l.
"dedicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "delicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dedicado" and "delicado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dedicado" vs "delicado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dedicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dedicado" and "delicado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delicado vs duplicado". 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 #58,615 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.