Which to use
“magoado” and “marcado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,810
- “magoado” frequency rank
- #2,487
- “marcado” frequency rank
- 19297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magoado | marcado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ofendido | assinalado com marca |
Where the eye mixes magoado and marcado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. magoado (CVCVVCV) and marcado (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between magoado and marcado
A purely visual mix-up. magoado (/mɐ.ˈɡwa.du/) and marcado (/mɐɾ.ˈka.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 19297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magoado is recorded at frequency rank #16,810, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɡwa.du/. marcado is at rank #2,487, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mɐɾ.ˈka.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 19297, this pair ranks #51,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magoado vs marcado
Shared letters: admo. Private to "magoado": g. Private to "marcado": cr.
"magoado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "marcado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magoado" and "marcado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "magoado" or "marcado" show up more?
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 "magoado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marcado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magoado" and "marcado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magoado vs malhado". 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 #51,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.