Which to use
“gelada” is a noun and “gelado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,503
- “gelada” frequency rank
- #7,645
- “gelado” frequency rank
- 17148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gelada | gelado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cerveja especialmente em temperatura fria | que gelou; glacial; gélido |
Letter map: gelada vs gelado
Shared letters muted; letters that set gelada and gelado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. gelada and gelado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for gelada / gelado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gelada is anoun and geladoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “gelada” becomes o in “gelado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gelada is recorded at frequency rank #9,503, classified as anoun. gelado is at rank #7,645, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ʒɨ.ˈla.du/.
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 17148, this pair ranks #54,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gelada vs gelado
Shared letters: adegl. Private to "gelada": -. Private to "gelado": o.
"gelada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "gelado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gelada" for "gelado" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "gelada" or "gelado" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "gelada" vs "gelado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "gelada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gelado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gelada" and "gelado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gelada vs gelar". 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 #54,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.