Which to use
“dobrado” and “dublado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,576
- “dobrado” frequency rank
- #9,993
- “dublado” frequency rank
- 30569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dobrado | dublado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | duplicado | aquilo que passou pela técnica de dublagem |
Letter map: dobrado vs dublado
Shared letters muted; letters that set dobrado and dublado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. dobrado and dublado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on dobrado vs dublado
dobrado and dublado 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dobrado is recorded at frequency rank #20,576, classified as anadj, pronounced /du.ˈbɾa.du/. dublado is at rank #9,993, 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 30569, this pair ranks #37,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dobrado vs dublado
Shared letters: abdo. Private to "dobrado": r. Private to "dublado": lu.
"dobrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dublado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "dobrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dublado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dobrado" and "dublado" 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 #37,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.