Which to use
“legitimação” is a noun and “legitimado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,429
- “legitimação” frequency rank
- #42,080
- “legitimado” frequency rank
- 73509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legitimação | legitimado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de legitimar | que se beneficiou da legitimação |
Letter map: legitimação vs legitimado
Shared letters muted; letters that set legitimação and legitimado apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. legitimação runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCVV) against legitimado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: legitimação vs legitimado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legitimação is anoun and legitimadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legitimação is recorded at frequency rank #31,429, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɨ.ʒi.ti.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. legitimado is at rank #42,080, tagged as anadj.
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 73509, this pair ranks #2,760 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of legitimação vs legitimado
Shared letters: aegilmot. Private to "legitimação": ãç. Private to "legitimado": d.
"legitimação" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVV · "legitimado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- legitimado ← elgitimado · leggitimado · legiitmado · legitiamdo · legitimaddo · legitimaod · legitimdao · legitimmado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "legitimação" and "legitimado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "legitimação" or "legitimado"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "legitimação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legitimado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,760 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legitimação" and "legitimado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legitimado vs legitimar". 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 #2,760 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.