Which to use
“legitimado” is an adjective and “legitimar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,080
- “legitimado” frequency rank
- #28,257
- “legitimar” frequency rank
- 70337
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legitimado | legitimar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se beneficiou da legitimação | tornar legítimo |
Letter map: legitimado vs legitimar
Shared letters muted; letters that set legitimado and legitimar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. legitimado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against legitimar's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - legitimado and legitimar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: legitimado is anadjective and legitimaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legitimado is recorded at frequency rank #42,080, classified as anadj. legitimar is at rank #28,257, tagged as averb, pronounced /lɨ.ʒi.ti.ˈmaɾ/.
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 70337, this pair ranks #3,654 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of legitimado vs legitimar
Shared letters: aegilmt. Private to "legitimado": do. Private to "legitimar": r.
"legitimado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "legitimar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- legitimado ← elgitimado · leggitimado · legiitmado · legitiamdo · legitimaddo · legitimaod · legitimdao · legitimmado
- legitimar ← elgitimar · leggitimar · legiitmar · legitiamr · legitimarr · legitimmar · legitimra · legitmiar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "legitimado" and "legitimar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "legitimado" or "legitimar" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "legitimado" and "legitimar".
- Full dictionary entry for "legitimado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "legitimar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,654 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legitimado" and "legitimar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legitimação vs legitimado". 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 #3,654 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.