Which to use
“motivado” is an adjective and “motivo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,495
- “motivado” frequency rank
- #808
- “motivo” frequency rank
- 13303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motivado | motivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se de quem possui motivação, interesse | razão, causa |
Letter map: motivado vs motivo
Shared letters muted; letters that set motivado and motivo apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. motivado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against motivo's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for motivado / motivo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: motivado is anadjective and motivoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motivado is recorded at frequency rank #12,495, classified as anadj. motivo is at rank #808, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mu.ˈti.vu/.
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 13303, this pair ranks #59,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of motivado vs motivo
Shared letters: imotv. Private to "motivado": ad. Private to "motivo": -.
"motivado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "motivo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "motivado" for "motivo" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "motivado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motivado" and "motivo" 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 #59,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.