exaltado vs exaltar, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#30,146
“exaltado” frequency rank: #26,013
“exaltar” frequency rank: 56159
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	exaltado	exaltar
Definition	ferrenho	elevar muito

Where the spellings diverge

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

8 ch

exaltado

7 ch

exaltar

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exaltado is /i.za.lˈta.du/ while exaltar is /i.zaɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exaltado is recorded at frequency rank #30,146, classified as anadj, pronounced /i.za.lˈta.du/. exaltar is at rank #26,013, tagged as averb, pronounced /i.zaɫ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 56159, this pair ranks #10,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exaltado vs exaltar

Shared letters: aeltx. Private to "exaltado": do. Private to "exaltar": r.

"exaltado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "exaltar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

exaltado ← eaxltado · exalatdo · exalltado · exaltaddo · exaltaod · exaltdao · exalttado · exatlado
exaltar ← eaxltar · exalatr · exalltar · exaltarr · exaltra · exalttar · exatlar · exlatar

Frequency comparison

exaltado#30,146

exaltar#26,013

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exaltado" and "exaltar" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "exaltado" or "exaltar"?

"exaltar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,013 in our Portuguese list, against #30,146 for "exaltado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering exaltado vs exaltar

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “exaltado”; for a verb, it's “exaltar”.
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