Which to use
“inchaço” is a noun and “inchado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,894
- “inchaço” frequency rank
- #20,629
- “inchado” frequency rank
- 39523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inchaço | inchado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tumor | que inchou |
Where the eye mixes inchaço and inchado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. inchaço and inchado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: inchaço vs inchado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inchaço is /ĩ.ˈʃa.su/ while inchado is /ĩ.ˈʃa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - ç in “inchaço” becomes d in “inchado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inchaço is recorded at frequency rank #18,894, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.ˈʃa.su/. inchado is at rank #20,629, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈʃa.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 39523, this pair ranks #26,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inchaço vs inchado
Shared letters: achino. Private to "inchaço": ç. Private to "inchado": d.
"inchaço" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "inchado" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- inchado ← icnhado · incahdo · incchado · inchaddo · inchaod · inchdao · inchhado · inhcado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "inchaço" and "inchado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "inchaço" vs "inchado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "inchaço" and "inchado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "inchaço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inchado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inchaço" and "inchado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inchado vs inchar". 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 #26,703 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.