Which to use
“irado” is an adjective and “Irão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,696
- “irado” frequency rank
- #1,785
- “Irão” frequency rank
- 24481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irado | Irão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que sente ira | país do Oriente Médio, com nome oficial de República Islâmica do Irão, tem fronteiras com a Armênia, Azerbaijão, Turquemenistão, Afeganistão, Paquistão, Iraque e Turquia, é banhado ao norte pelo mar Cáspio, ao sul pelo golfo de Omã e ao sudoeste pelo golfo Pérsico, sua capital é Teerão |
Letter map: irado vs Irão
Shared letters muted; letters that set irado and Irão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. irado runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against Irão's 4 (VCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - irado and Irão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: irado is anadjective and Irãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irado is recorded at frequency rank #22,696, classified as anadj, pronounced /i.ˈɾa.du/. Irão is at rank #1,785, 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 24481, this pair ranks #45,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of irado vs Irão
Shared letters: ior. Private to "irado": ad. Private to "Irão": ã.
"irado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "Irão" · 4 letters · shape VCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- irado ← iardo · iraddo · iraod · irdao · irrado · riado
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "irado" and "Irão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "irado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Irão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irado" and "Irão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inato vs irado". 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 #45,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.