extraídovsextrairWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: extraído is a adjective, extrair is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#14,138
“extraído” frequency rank
#11,267
“extrair” frequency rank
25405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extraído extrair
Definition obtido por extração: o mesmo que extratar

Letter map: extraído vs extrair

Shared letters muted; letters that set extraído and extrair apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

8 ch
extraído
7 ch
extrair

Grammar separator: extraído vs extrair

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extraído is anadjective and extrairaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extraído is recorded at frequency rank #14,138, classified as anadj. extrair is at rank #11,267, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐjʃ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/.

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 25405, this pair ranks #43,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extraído vs extrair

Shared letters: aertx. Private to "extraído": doí. Private to "extrair": i.

"extraído" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "extrair" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extrairetxrair · exrtair · extarir · extrairr · extrari · extriar · extrrair · exttrair

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "extraído" for "extrair" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extraído" is an adjective and "extrair" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "extraído" or "extrair"?
"extrair" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,267 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "extraído" and "extrair". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extraído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extrair" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extraído" and "extrair" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extraído vs extrato". 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 #43,923 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