Which to use
“delineado” is an adjective and “delinear” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,355
- “delineado” frequency rank
- #32,928
- “delinear” frequency rank
- 66283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delineado | delinear |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | traçado; desenhado ou composto de modo preciso e esquemático | esboçar |
Letter map: delineado vs delinear
Shared letters muted; letters that set delineado and delinear apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. delineado runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against delinear's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: delineado vs delinear
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: delineado is anadjective and delinearaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delineado is recorded at frequency rank #33,355, classified as anadj. delinear is at rank #32,928, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨ.li.ˈnjaɾ/.
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 66283, this pair ranks #5,050 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delineado vs delinear
Shared letters: adeiln. Private to "delineado": o. Private to "delinear": r.
"delineado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "delinear" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delineado" for "delinear" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "delineado" or "delinear" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "delineado" vs "delinear" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "delineado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delinear" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,050 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delineado" and "delinear" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declinar vs delinear". 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 #5,050 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.