esgotadovsestadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: esgotado is a adjective, estado is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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Which to use

“esgotado” is an adjective and “estado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,753
“esgotado” frequency rank
#134
“estado” frequency rank
16887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature esgotado estado
Definition no fim das forças circunstância em que se está, situação

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set esgotado and estado apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
esgotado
6 ch
estado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: esgotado is anadjective and estadoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

esgotado is recorded at frequency rank #16,753, classified as anadj, pronounced /iʒ.ɡu.ˈta.du/. estado is at rank #134, tagged as anoun.

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 16887, this pair ranks #54,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of esgotado vs estado

Shared letters: adeost. Private to "esgotado": g. Private to "estado": -.

"esgotado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "estado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • esgotado ← egsotado · esggotado · esgoatdo · esgotaddo · esgotaod · esgotdao · esgottado · esgtoado
  • estado ← esatdo · esstado · estaddo · estaod · estdao · esttado · etsado · setado

Frequency comparison

esgotado#16,753
estado#134

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "esgotado" and "estado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "esgotado" is an adjective and "estado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "esgotado" or "estado"?
"estado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #134 in our Portuguese list, against #16,753 for "esgotado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering esgotado vs estado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “esgotado”; for a noun, it's “estado”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “esgotado” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list