Which to use
“dobrada” is an adjective and “dourada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,456
- “dobrada” frequency rank
- #8,614
- “dourada” frequency rank
- 36070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dobrada | dourada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de dobrado | nome vulgar extensivo a peixes teleósteos: |
Where the eye mixes dobrada and dourada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dobrada (CVCCVCV) and dourada (CVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: dobrada vs dourada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dobrada is /du.ˈbɾa.dɐ/ while dourada is /dow.ˈɾa.dɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - b in “dobrada” becomes u in “dourada”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dobrada is recorded at frequency rank #27,456, classified as anadj, pronounced /du.ˈbɾa.dɐ/. dourada is at rank #8,614, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dow.ˈɾa.dɐ/.
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 36070, this pair ranks #30,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dobrada vs dourada
Shared letters: ador. Private to "dobrada": b. Private to "dourada": u.
"dobrada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dourada" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dobrada" for "dourada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dobrada" vs "dourada" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dobrada" and "dourada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dobrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dourada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dobrada" and "dourada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dobrada vs dobrado". 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 #30,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.