deslocaçãovsdeslocadoTell them apart

Quick tell: deslocação is a noun, deslocado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“deslocação” is a noun and “deslocado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,944
“deslocação” frequency rank
#23,968
“deslocado” frequency rank
46912
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deslocação deslocado
Definition mudança de lugar que se deslocou

Where the eye mixes deslocação and deslocado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. deslocação runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against deslocado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
deslocação
9 ch
deslocado

Visual trap between deslocação and deslocado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: deslocação is /dɨʒ.lu.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while deslocado is /dɨʒ.lu.ˈka.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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deslocação is recorded at frequency rank #22,944, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɨʒ.lu.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. deslocado is at rank #23,968, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dɨʒ.lu.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 46912, this pair ranks #18,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of deslocação vs deslocado

Shared letters: acdelos. Private to "deslocação": ãç. Private to "deslocado": -.

"deslocação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV  ·  "deslocado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deslocado ← ddeslocado · delsocado · deslcoado · desllocado · desloacdo · deslocaddo · deslocaod · desloccado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "deslocação" and "deslocado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deslocação" is a noun and "deslocado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "deslocação" vs "deslocado" - which ranks higher?
"deslocação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,944 in our Portuguese list, against #23,968 for "deslocado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "deslocação" and "deslocado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deslocação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deslocado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deslocação" and "deslocado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deslocado vs despojado". 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 #18,392 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list