Which to use
“desagradar” is a verb and “desagrado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,786
- “desagradar” frequency rank
- #35,094
- “desagrado” frequency rank
- 81880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desagradar | desagrado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | descontentar | desprazer |
Where the eye mixes desagradar and desagrado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. desagradar runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVC) against desagrado's 9 (CVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: desagradar vs desagrado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desagradar is /dɨ.zɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈdaɾ/ while desagrado is /dɨ.zɐ.ˈɡɾa.du/. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desagradar is recorded at frequency rank #46,786, classified as averb, pronounced /dɨ.zɐ.ɡɾɐ.ˈdaɾ/. desagrado is at rank #35,094, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.zɐ.ˈɡɾa.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 81880, this pair ranks #1,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desagradar vs desagrado
Shared letters: adegrs. Private to "desagradar": -. Private to "desagrado": o.
"desagradar" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "desagrado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- desagradar ← ddesagradar · deasgradar · desagardar · desaggradar · desagraadr · desagradarr · desagraddar · desagradra
- desagrado ← ddesagrado · deasgrado · desagardo · desaggrado · desagraddo · desagraod · desagrdao · desagrrado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "desagradar" and "desagrado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "desagradar" vs "desagrado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "desagradar" and "desagrado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desagradar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desagrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desagradar" and "desagrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degradar vs desagradar". 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 #1,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.