Which to use
“desprezado” is an adjective and “desprezar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,103
- “desprezado” frequency rank
- #23,971
- “desprezar” frequency rank
- 59074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desprezado | desprezar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | menosprezado; a quem se oferece desprezo, desdém, desconsideração, menosprezo | ter sentimento de desprezo em relação a alguém |
Letter map: desprezado vs desprezar
Shared letters muted; letters that set desprezado and desprezar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. desprezado runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against desprezar's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - desprezado and desprezar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: desprezado is anadjective and desprezaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desprezado is recorded at frequency rank #35,103, classified as anadj. desprezar is at rank #23,971, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨʃ.pɾɨ.ˈzaɾ/.
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 59074, this pair ranks #8,390 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desprezado vs desprezar
Shared letters: adeprsz. Private to "desprezado": o. Private to "desprezar": -.
"desprezado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "desprezar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desprezado ← ddesprezado · depsrezado · desperzado · despprezado · despreazdo · desprezaddo · desprezaod · desprezdao
- desprezar ← ddesprezar · depsrezar · desperzar · despprezar · despreazr · desprezarr · desprezra · desprezzar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "desprezado" and "desprezar" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "desprezado" or "desprezar" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "desprezado" and "desprezar".
- Full dictionary entry for "desprezado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desprezar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,390 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desprezado" and "desprezar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desprezar vs destreza". 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 #8,390 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.