Which to use
“pelado” is an adjective and “platô” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,601
- “pelado” frequency rank
- #45,020
- “platô” frequency rank
- 62621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pelado | platô |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sem pelo | o disco, numa embreagem a disco, causador da transmissão da força do motor até as rodas de tração |
Letter map: pelado vs platô
Shared letters muted; letters that set pelado and platô apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pelado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against platô's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - pelado and platô
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pelado is anadjective and platôanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pelado is recorded at frequency rank #17,601, classified as anadj, pronounced /pe.ˈla.du/. platô is at rank #45,020, tagged as anoun.
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 62621, this pair ranks #6,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pelado vs platô
Shared letters: alp. Private to "pelado": deo. Private to "platô": tô.
"pelado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "platô" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pelado ← eplado · pealdo · peladdo · pelaod · peldao · pellado · pleado · ppelado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pelado" for "platô" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pelado" vs "platô" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "pelado" and "platô". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pelado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "platô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pelado" and "platô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "platô vs Pluto". 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 #6,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.