Which to use
“olhado” is an adjective and “olhai” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,511
- “olhado” frequency rank
- #43,563
- “olhai” frequency rank
- 63074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | olhado | olhai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi visto com os olhos | segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo do verbo olhar |
Letter map: olhado vs olhai
Shared letters muted; letters that set olhado and olhai apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. olhado runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against olhai's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for olhado / olhai
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: olhado is anadjective and olhaiaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
olhado is recorded at frequency rank #19,511, classified as anadj, pronounced /o.ˈʎa.du/. olhai is at rank #43,563, tagged as averb.
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 63074, this pair ranks #6,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of olhado vs olhai
Shared letters: ahlo. Private to "olhado": d. Private to "olhai": i.
"olhado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "olhai" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "olhado" and "olhai" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "olhado" vs "olhai" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "olhado" and "olhai".
- Full dictionary entry for "olhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "olhai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "olhado" and "olhai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "olfato vs olhado". 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 #6,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.