Which to use
“motivação” is a noun and “motivado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,746
- “motivação” frequency rank
- #12,495
- “motivado” frequency rank
- 17241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motivação | motivado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | posse de motivos para se engajar em algum empreendimento | diz-se de quem possui motivação, interesse |
Letter map: motivação vs motivado
Shared letters muted; letters that set motivação and motivado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. motivação runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against motivado's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - motivação and motivado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: motivação is anoun and motivadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motivação is recorded at frequency rank #4,746, classified as anoun, pronounced /mu.ti.vɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. motivado is at rank #12,495, tagged as anadj.
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 17241, this pair ranks #54,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of motivação vs motivado
Shared letters: aimotv. Private to "motivação": ãç. Private to "motivado": d.
"motivação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "motivado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- motivado ← mmotivado · moitvado · motiavdo · motivaddo · motivaod · motivdao · motivvado · mottivado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "motivação" for "motivado" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "motivação" or "motivado" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "motivação" and "motivado".
- Full dictionary entry for "motivação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motivado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motivação" and "motivado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motivado vs motivador". 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 #54,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.