Which to use
“levado” and “ligado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,484
- “levado” frequency rank
- #2,239
- “ligado” frequency rank
- 4723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levado | ligado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transportado | que está conectado a outra parte; unido |
Where the eye mixes levado and ligado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. levado and ligado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between levado and ligado
A purely visual mix-up. levado (/leˈva.du/) and ligado (/li.ˈɡa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4723, 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/. ligado is at rank #2,239, tagged as anadj, pronounced /li.ˈɡa.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 4723, this pair ranks #70,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of levado vs ligado
Shared letters: adlo. Private to "levado": ev. Private to "ligado": gi.
"levado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "ligado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "levado" and "ligado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "levado" vs "ligado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "levado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ligado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levado" and "ligado" 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 #70,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.