imediatovsinéditoConfusable pair

Which to use

“imediato” and “inédito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,074
“imediato” frequency rank
#9,358
“inédito” frequency rank
13432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature imediato inédito
Definition sem demora, de pronto ainda não exposto ao público

Where the eye mixes imediato and inédito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. imediato runs 8 letters (VCVCVVCV) against inédito's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
imediato
7 ch
inédito

Look-alike desk: imediato vs inédito

A purely visual mix-up. imediato (/i.mɨ.ˈdja.tu/) and inédito (/i.ˈnɛ.dʒi.tu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

imediato is recorded at frequency rank #4,074, classified as anadj, pronounced /i.mɨ.ˈdja.tu/. inédito is at rank #9,358, tagged as anadj, pronounced /i.ˈnɛ.dʒi.tu/.

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 13432, this pair ranks #58,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of imediato vs inédito

Shared letters: diot. Private to "imediato": aem. Private to "inédito": né.

"imediato" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "inédito" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imediato ← iemdiato · imdeiato · imedaito · imeddiato · imediaot · imediatto · imeditao · imeidato

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "imediato" for "inédito" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/i.mɨ.ˈdja.tu/ versus /i.ˈnɛ.dʒi.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "imediato" vs "inédito" - which ranks higher?
"imediato" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,074 in our Portuguese list, against #9,358 for "inédito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "imediato" and "inédito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "imediato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inédito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "imediato" and "inédito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "índio vs inédito". 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 #58,913 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