Which to use
“levado” is an adjective and “levarão” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,484
- “levado” frequency rank
- #25,725
- “levarão” frequency rank
- 28209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levado | levarão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transportado | terceira pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo levar |
Where the eye mixes levado and levarão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. levado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against levarão's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: levado vs levarão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: levado is /leˈva.du/ while levarão is /le.vɐ.ˈɾãw/. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
levado is recorded at frequency rank #2,484, classified as anadj, pronounced /leˈva.du/. levarão is at rank #25,725, tagged as averb, pronounced /le.vɐ.ˈɾãw/.
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 28209, this pair ranks #40,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of levado vs levarão
Shared letters: aelov. Private to "levado": d. Private to "levarão": rã.
"levado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "levarão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- levado ← elvado · leavdo · levaddo · levaod · levdao · levvado · llevado · lveado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "levado" for "levarão" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "levado" or "levarão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "levado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "levarão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levado" and "levarão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levado vs lixado". 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 #40,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.