Which to use
“entrada” and “estrada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #955
- “entrada” frequency rank
- #1,192
- “estrada” frequency rank
- 2147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entrada | estrada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar onde se entra; porta; portão | via terrestre por onde passam veículos ou pessoas: |
Where the eye mixes entrada and estrada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. entrada and estrada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: entrada vs estrada
A purely visual mix-up. entrada (/ẽ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/) and estrada (/ɪʃ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/) 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 a single letter - n in “entrada” becomes s in “estrada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entrada is recorded at frequency rank #955, classified as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/. estrada is at rank #1,192, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪʃ.ˈtɾa.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 2147, this pair ranks #73,332 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of entrada vs estrada
Shared letters: adert. Private to "entrada": n. Private to "estrada": s.
"entrada" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "estrada" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "entrada" and "estrada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "entrada" or "estrada" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "entrada" and "estrada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entrada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "estrada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,332 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entrada" and "estrada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrada vs enxada". 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 #73,332 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.