exposedvsexpostoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: exposed is a noun, exposto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#38,276
“exposed” frequency rank
#8,332
“exposto” frequency rank
46608
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exposed exposto
Definition exposição pública de informação particular de uma pessoa que está à vista

Letter map: exposed vs exposto

Shared letters muted; letters that set exposed and exposto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
exposed
7 ch
exposto

Grammar separator: exposed vs exposto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: exposed is anoun and expostoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exposed is recorded at frequency rank #38,276, classified as anoun. exposto is at rank #8,332, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.ˈpoʃ.tu/.

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 46608, this pair ranks #18,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exposed vs exposto

Shared letters: eopsx. Private to "exposed": d. Private to "exposto": t.

"exposed" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "exposto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exposedepxosed · exopsed · expoesd · exposde · exposedd · expossed · expposed · expsoed
  • expostoepxosto · exopsto · exposot · expossto · expostto · expotso · expposto · expsoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exposed" and "exposto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exposed" is a noun and "exposto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "exposed" or "exposto" show up more?
"exposto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,332 in our Portuguese list, against #38,276 for "exposed". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "exposed" and "exposto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "exposed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exposto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exposed" and "exposto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encosto vs exposto". 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 #18,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list