Which to use
“gelado” is an adjective and “gelo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,645
- “gelado” frequency rank
- #2,325
- “gelo” frequency rank
- 9970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gelado | gelo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que gelou; glacial; gélido | água em estado sólido, cristalizada, por estar em temperatura muito baixa |
Letter map: gelado vs gelo
Shared letters muted; letters that set gelado and gelo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. gelado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against gelo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - gelado and gelo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gelado is anadjective and geloanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gelado is recorded at frequency rank #7,645, classified as anadj, pronounced /ʒɨ.ˈla.du/. gelo is at rank #2,325, tagged as anoun.
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 9970, this pair ranks #63,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gelado vs gelo
Shared letters: eglo. Private to "gelado": ad. Private to "gelo": -.
"gelado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "gelo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gelado" and "gelo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gelado" vs "gelo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "gelado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gelo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gelado" and "gelo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gelado vs gozado". 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 #63,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.