Which to use
“perturbação” is a noun and “perturbado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,995
- “perturbação” frequency rank
- #23,084
- “perturbado” frequency rank
- 37079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perturbação | perturbado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desordem | acometido por perturbação |
Letter map: perturbação vs perturbado
Shared letters muted; letters that set perturbação and perturbado apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. perturbação runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVCVV) against perturbado's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: perturbação vs perturbado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: perturbação is anoun and perturbadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perturbação is recorded at frequency rank #13,995, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɨɾ.tuɾ.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. perturbado is at rank #23,084, tagged as anadj.
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 37079, this pair ranks #29,610 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of perturbação vs perturbado
Shared letters: abeoprtu. Private to "perturbação": ãç. Private to "perturbado": d.
"perturbação" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVV · "perturbado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perturbado ← eprturbado · perrturbado · pertrubado · pertturbado · pertubrado · perturabdo · perturbaddo · perturbaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perturbação" for "perturbado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "perturbação" or "perturbado"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "perturbação" and "perturbado".
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perturbado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,610 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perturbação" and "perturbado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perturbado vs perturbar". 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 #29,610 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.