Which to use
“descansado” is an adjective and “descansar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,095
- “descansado” frequency rank
- #4,464
- “descansar” frequency rank
- 39559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | descansado | descansar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está em descanso | proporcionar descanso a; livrar de fadiga: |
Where the eye mixes descansado and descansar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. descansado runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against descansar's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: descansado vs descansar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: descansado is /dɨʃ.kɐ̃.ˈsa.du/ while descansar is /dɨʃ.kɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
descansado is recorded at frequency rank #35,095, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɨʃ.kɐ̃.ˈsa.du/. descansar is at rank #4,464, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨʃ.kɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/.
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 39559, this pair ranks #26,666 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of descansado vs descansar
Shared letters: acdens. Private to "descansado": o. Private to "descansar": r.
"descansado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "descansar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- descansado ← ddescansado · decsansado · desacnsado · descanasdo · descannsado · descansaddo · descansaod · descansdao
- descansar ← ddescansar · decsansar · desacnsar · descanasr · descannsar · descansarr · descansra · descanssar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "descansado" for "descansar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "descansado" or "descansar"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "descansado" and "descansar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "descansado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "descansar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,666 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "descansado" and "descansar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "descansado vs descarado". 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 #26,666 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.