Which to use
“delgado” and “desligado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,167
- “delgado” frequency rank
- #12,649
- “desligado” frequency rank
- 22816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delgado | desligado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fino, magro | que se desligou |
Letter map: delgado vs desligado
Shared letters muted; letters that set delgado and desligado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. delgado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against desligado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: delgado and desligado
delgado and desligado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delgado is recorded at frequency rank #10,167, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɛɫ.ˈɡa.du/. desligado is at rank #12,649, tagged as anadj.
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 22816, this pair ranks #47,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delgado vs desligado
Shared letters: adeglo. Private to "delgado": -. Private to "desligado": is.
"delgado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "desligado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "delgado" and "desligado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "delgado" vs "desligado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "delgado" and "desligado".
- Full dictionary entry for "delgado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desligado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delgado" and "desligado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desligado vs deslocado". 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 #47,140 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.