dormido vs dormir, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“dormido” is an adjective and “dormir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,792
“dormido” frequency rank: #912
“dormir” frequency rank: 16704
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dormido	dormir
Definition	que se dormiu	entrar em estado de sono

Letter map: dormido vs dormir

Shared letters muted; letters that set dormido and dormir apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. dormido runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against dormir's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch

dormido

6 ch

dormir

Role in the sentence - dormido and dormir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dormido is anadjective and dormiraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dormido is recorded at frequency rank #15,792, classified as anadj. dormir is at rank #912, tagged as averb, pronounced /duɾ.ˈmiɾ/.

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 16704, this pair ranks #54,764 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dormido vs dormir

Shared letters: dimor. Private to "dormido": -. Private to "dormir": -.

"dormido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dormir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

dormido ← ddormido · domrido · dorimdo · dormdio · dormiddo · dormiod · dormmido · dorrmido
dormir ← ddormir · domrir · dorimr · dormirr · dormmir · dormri · dorrmir · dromir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dormido" for "dormir" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dormido" is an adjective and "dormir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "dormido" or "dormir"?

"dormir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #912 in our Portuguese list, against #15,792 for "dormido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dormido" and "dormir".

Full dictionary entry for "dormido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "dormir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #54,764 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dormido" and "dormir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domar vs dormir". 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 #54,764 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.