Which to use
“dotado” and “dourado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,315
- “dotado” frequency rank
- #6,055
- “dourado” frequency rank
- 21370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dotado | dourado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | prendado | da cor do ouro |
Where the eye mixes dotado and dourado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dotado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dourado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dotado with dourado
A purely visual mix-up. dotado (/du.ˈta.du/) and dourado (/dow.ˈɾa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dotado is recorded at frequency rank #15,315, classified as anadj, pronounced /du.ˈta.du/. dourado is at rank #6,055, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dow.ˈɾa.du/.
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 21370, this pair ranks #48,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dotado vs dourado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "dotado": t. Private to "dourado": ru.
"dotado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dourado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dotado" for "dourado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dotado" or "dourado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dotado" and "dourado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dotado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dourado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dotado" and "dourado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dodo vs dotado". 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 #48,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.