Which to use
“ligado” and “lindo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,239
- “ligado” frequency rank
- #1,216
- “lindo” frequency rank
- 3455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ligado | lindo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está conectado a outra parte; unido | bonito; belo; que tem beleza |
Where the eye mixes ligado and lindo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ligado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against lindo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ligado vs lindo
A purely visual mix-up. ligado (/li.ˈɡa.du/) and lindo (/ˈlĩ.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ligado is recorded at frequency rank #2,239, classified as anadj, pronounced /li.ˈɡa.du/. lindo is at rank #1,216, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈlĩ.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 3455, this pair ranks #71,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ligado vs lindo
Shared letters: dilo. Private to "ligado": ag. Private to "lindo": n.
"ligado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "lindo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ligado" and "lindo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ligado" vs "lindo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ligado" and "lindo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ligado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lindo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ligado" and "lindo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lindo vs ludo". 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 #71,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.