Which to use
“ocupação” is a noun and “ocupado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,031
- “ocupação” frequency rank
- #3,788
- “ocupado” frequency rank
- 6819
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ocupação | ocupado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o trabalho ou negócio principal ou usual de uma pessoa, especialmente aquele que provê seus meios de sustentação | tomado |
Where the eye mixes ocupação and ocupado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ocupação runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against ocupado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between ocupação and ocupado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ocupação is /ɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while ocupado is /ɔ.ku.ˈpa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ocupação is recorded at frequency rank #3,031, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɔ.ku.pɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. ocupado is at rank #3,788, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɔ.ku.ˈpa.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 6819, this pair ranks #67,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ocupação vs ocupado
Shared letters: acopu. Private to "ocupação": ãç. Private to "ocupado": d.
"ocupação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "ocupado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ocupado ← coupado · occupado · ocpuado · ocuapdo · ocupaddo · ocupaod · ocupdao · ocuppado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ocupação" and "ocupado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ocupação" or "ocupado" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ocupação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ocupado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ocupação" and "ocupado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ocupação vs ovulação". 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 #67,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.