Which to use
“malvado” is an adjective and “melado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,040
- “malvado” frequency rank
- #46,950
- “melado” frequency rank
- 69990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malvado | melado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade | caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa |
Letter map: malvado vs melado
Shared letters muted; letters that set malvado and melado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. malvado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against melado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: malvado vs melado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malvado is anadjective and meladoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malvado is recorded at frequency rank #23,040, classified as anadj. melado is at rank #46,950, tagged as anoun.
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 69990, this pair ranks #3,770 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malvado vs melado
Shared letters: adlmo. Private to "malvado": v. Private to "melado": e.
"malvado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "melado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "malvado" for "melado" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pair "malvado" vs "melado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "malvado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,770 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malvado" and "melado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs minado". 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 #3,770 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.