olhadovsolhaiConfusable pair

Quick tell: olhado is a adjective, olhai is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

6 ch
olhado
5 ch
olhai

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

  • olhado ← lohado · ohlado · olahdo · olhaddo · olhaod · olhdao · olhhado · ollhado
  • olhai ← lohai · ohlai · olahi · olhhai · olhia · ollhai

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "olhado" and "olhai" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "olhado" is an adjective and "olhai" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "olhado" vs "olhai" - which ranks higher?
"olhado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,511 in our Portuguese list, against #43,563 for "olhai". 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 "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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list