Which to use
“moderado” is an adjective and “moderar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,493
- “moderado” frequency rank
- #39,750
- “moderar” frequency rank
- 52243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moderado | moderar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se mantém dentro de limites razoáveis | regular com moderação; regrar |
Letter map: moderado vs moderar
Shared letters muted; letters that set moderado and moderar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for moderado / moderar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moderado is anadjective and moderaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moderado is recorded at frequency rank #12,493, classified as anadj. moderar is at rank #39,750, tagged as averb.
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 52243, this pair ranks #12,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moderado vs moderar
Shared letters: ademor. Private to "moderado": -. Private to "moderar": -.
"moderado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "moderar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "moderado" and "moderar" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "moderado" vs "moderar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "moderado" vs "moderar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "moderado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moderar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moderado" and "moderar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modelar vs moderar". 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 #12,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.