Which to use
“gozado” is an adjective and “gozar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,176
- “gozado” frequency rank
- #5,742
- “gozar” frequency rank
- 44918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gozado | gozar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi usufruído, aproveitado | aproveitar, desfrutar |
Letter map: gozado vs gozar
Shared letters muted; letters that set gozado and gozar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. gozado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against gozar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for gozado / gozar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gozado is anadjective and gozaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gozado is recorded at frequency rank #39,176, classified as anadj. gozar is at rank #5,742, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɡu.ˈzaɾ/.
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 44918, this pair ranks #20,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gozado vs gozar
Shared letters: agoz. Private to "gozado": d. Private to "gozar": r.
"gozado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "gozar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gozado" for "gozar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gozado" or "gozar"?
What to do next
Pair "gozado" vs "gozar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "gozado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gozar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gozado" and "gozar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "golaço 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 #20,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.