Which to use
“dourada” is a noun and “dourado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,614
- “dourada” frequency rank
- #6,055
- “dourado” frequency rank
- 14669
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dourada | dourado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nome vulgar extensivo a peixes teleósteos: | da cor do ouro |
Where the eye mixes dourada and dourado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dourada and dourado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses dourada with dourado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dourada is /dow.ˈɾa.dɐ/ while dourado is /dow.ˈɾa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “dourada” becomes o in “dourado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dourada is recorded at frequency rank #8,614, classified as anoun, pronounced /dow.ˈɾa.dɐ/. 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 14669, this pair ranks #57,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dourada vs dourado
Shared letters: adoru. Private to "dourada": -. Private to "dourado": -.
"dourada" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "dourado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dourada" and "dourado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dourada" or "dourado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dourada" 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 #57,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dourada" and "dourado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dobrada vs dourada". 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 #57,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.