Which to use
“pegada” is a noun and “pelado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,583
- “pegada” frequency rank
- #17,601
- “pelado” frequency rank
- 28184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pegada | pelado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vestígio que o pé deixa no solo | sem pelo |
Where the eye mixes pegada and pelado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pegada and pelado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pegada is /pɛ.ˈɡa.dɐ/ while pelado is /pe.ˈla.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pegada is recorded at frequency rank #10,583, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɛ.ˈɡa.dɐ/. pelado is at rank #17,601, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pe.ˈla.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 28184, this pair ranks #40,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pegada vs pelado
Shared letters: adep. Private to "pegada": g. Private to "pelado": lo.
"pegada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pelado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pegada" and "pelado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pegada" or "pelado" 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 "pegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pelado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pegada" and "pelado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pelado vs prelado". 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 #40,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.