Which to use
“obrigada” is an intj and “obrigado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #653
- “obrigada” frequency rank
- #621
- “obrigado” frequency rank
- 1274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obrigada | obrigado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino | forçado, coagido por lei, norma, necessidade ou uso; obrigatório, inevitável |
Letter map: obrigada vs obrigado
Shared letters muted; letters that set obrigada and obrigado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. obrigada and obrigado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: obrigada vs obrigado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: obrigada is anintj and obrigadoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “obrigada” becomes o in “obrigado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obrigada is recorded at frequency rank #653, classified as anintj. obrigado is at rank #621, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɔ.bɾi.ˈɡa.du/.
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 1274, this pair ranks #74,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of obrigada vs obrigado
Shared letters: abdgior. Private to "obrigada": -. Private to "obrigado": -.
"obrigada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "obrigado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "obrigada" and "obrigado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "obrigada" vs "obrigado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "obrigada" and "obrigado".
- Full dictionary entry for "obrigada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obrigado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obrigada" and "obrigado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obrigada vs obrigar". 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 #74,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.