extraçãovsextraídoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#6,543
“extração” frequency rank
#14,138
“extraído” frequency rank
20681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extração extraído
Definition o ato ou efeito de extrair obtido por extração:

Letter map: extração vs extraído

Shared letters muted; letters that set extração and extraído apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. extração (VCCCVCVV) and extraído (VCCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
extração
8 ch
extraído

Part-of-speech tell for extração / extraído

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extração is anoun and extraídoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extração is recorded at frequency rank #6,543, classified as anoun. extraído is at rank #14,138, tagged as anadj.

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 20681, this pair ranks #49,763 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extração vs extraído

Shared letters: aeortx. Private to "extração": ãç. Private to "extraído": dí.

"extração" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV  ·  "extraído" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "extração" and "extraído" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extração" is a noun and "extraído" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "extração" or "extraído"?
"extração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,543 in our Portuguese list, against #14,138 for "extraído". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "extração" vs "extraído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extraído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,763 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extração" and "extraído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expiração vs extração". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #49,763 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