Which to use
“desligado” is an adjective and “desligar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,649
- “desligado” frequency rank
- #6,406
- “desligar” frequency rank
- 19055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desligado | desligar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se desligou | interromper um circuito elétrico |
Letter map: desligado vs desligar
Shared letters muted; letters that set desligado and desligar apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. desligado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against desligar's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - desligado and desligar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: desligado is anadjective and desligaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desligado is recorded at frequency rank #12,649, classified as anadj. desligar is at rank #6,406, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨʒ.li.ˈɡaɾ/.
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 19055, this pair ranks #51,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of desligado vs desligar
Shared letters: adegils. Private to "desligado": o. Private to "desligar": r.
"desligado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "desligar" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desligado" for "desligar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desligado" or "desligar"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "desligado" and "desligar".
- Full dictionary entry for "desligado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desligar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desligado" and "desligar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declinar vs desligar". 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 #51,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.