Which to use
“delicado” and “duplicado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,343
- “delicado” frequency rank
- #39,115
- “duplicado” frequency rank
- 49458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delicado | duplicado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que usa de delicadeza | repetido |
Where the eye mixes delicado and duplicado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. delicado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against duplicado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: delicado vs duplicado
A purely visual mix-up. delicado (/dɨ.li.ˈka.du/) and duplicado (/du.pli.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delicado is recorded at frequency rank #10,343, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.li.ˈka.du/. duplicado is at rank #39,115, tagged as anadj, pronounced /du.pli.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 49458, this pair ranks #15,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delicado vs duplicado
Shared letters: acdilo. Private to "delicado": e. Private to "duplicado": pu.
"delicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "duplicado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delicado" and "duplicado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "delicado" vs "duplicado" - 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 "delicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duplicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delicado" and "duplicado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duplicado vs duplicar". 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 #15,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.