Which to use
“devastado” and “devastador” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,608
- “devastado” frequency rank
- #20,853
- “devastador” frequency rank
- 45461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | devastado | devastador |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | destruído | que devasta |
Letter map: devastado vs devastador
Shared letters muted; letters that set devastado and devastador apart highlighted. Shared run: 9.
Spelling & dictionary notes on devastado vs devastador
devastado and devastador are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “devastado” sits inside “devastador”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
devastado is recorded at frequency rank #24,608, classified as anadj. devastador is at rank #20,853, tagged as anadj.
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 45461, this pair ranks #19,937 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of devastado vs devastador
Shared letters: adeostv. Private to "devastado": -. Private to "devastador": r.
"devastado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "devastador" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- devastado ← ddevastado · deavstado · devasatdo · devasstado · devastaddo · devastaod · devastdao · devasttado
- devastador ← ddevastador · deavstador · devasatdor · devasstador · devastaddor · devastadorr · devastadro · devastaodr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "devastado" and "devastador" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "devastado" vs "devastador" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "devastado" vs "devastador" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "devastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devastador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,937 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "devastado" and "devastador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devastado vs devastar". 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 #19,937 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.