Which to use
“indignação” is a noun and “indignado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,483
- “indignação” frequency rank
- #17,542
- “indignado” frequency rank
- 29025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indignação | indignado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sentimento de cólera ou de desprezo excitado por uma afronta, uma acção vergonhosa, uma injustiça frisante, etc | que se indignou |
Where the eye mixes indignação and indignado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indignação runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVV) against indignado's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indignação vs indignado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indignação is /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while indignado is /ĩ.di.ˈɡna.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indignação is recorded at frequency rank #11,483, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. indignado is at rank #17,542, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.di.ˈɡna.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 29025, this pair ranks #39,706 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indignação vs indignado
Shared letters: adgino. Private to "indignação": ãç. Private to "indignado": -.
"indignação" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "indignado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- indignado ← idnignado · inddignado · indginado · indigando · indiggnado · indignaddo · indignaod · indigndao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indignação" and "indignado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "indignação" vs "indignado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "indignação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indignado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,706 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indignação" and "indignado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indignado vs indigno". 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 #39,706 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.