movimentaçãovsmovimentadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: movimentação is a noun, movimentado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“movimentação” is a noun and “movimentado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,189
“movimentação” frequency rank
#16,119
“movimentado” frequency rank
23308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature movimentação movimentado
Definition ação ou resultado de movimentar(-se); movimento agitado, animado

Letter map: movimentação vs movimentado

Shared letters muted; letters that set movimentação and movimentado apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. movimentação runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCCVCVV) against movimentado's 11 (CVCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
movimentação
11 ch
movimentado

Grammar separator: movimentação vs movimentado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: movimentação is anoun and movimentadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

movimentação is recorded at frequency rank #7,189, classified as anoun, pronounced /mu.vi.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. movimentado is at rank #16,119, 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 23308, this pair ranks #46,537 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of movimentação vs movimentado

Shared letters: aeimnotv. Private to "movimentação": ãç. Private to "movimentado": d.

"movimentação" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVV  ·  "movimentado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • movimentado ← mmovimentado · moivmentado · moviemntado · movimenatdo · movimenntado · movimentaddo · movimentaod · movimentdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "movimentação" for "movimentado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "movimentação" is a noun and "movimentado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "movimentação" or "movimentado"?
"movimentação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,189 in our Portuguese list, against #16,119 for "movimentado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "movimentação" and "movimentado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "movimentação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "movimentado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,537 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "movimentação" and "movimentado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "movimentado vs movimentar". 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 #46,537 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list