Which to use
“poderoso” and “poderosos” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,223
- “poderoso” frequency rank
- #5,987
- “poderosos” frequency rank
- 9210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poderoso | poderosos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que possui muito poder | plural de poderoso |
Where the eye mixes poderoso and poderosos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between poderoso and poderosos
A purely visual mix-up. poderoso (/pu.dɨ.ˈɾo.zu/) and poderosos (/po.de.ˈɾɔ.zus/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “poderoso” sits inside “poderosos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poderoso is recorded at frequency rank #3,223, classified as anadj, pronounced /pu.dɨ.ˈɾo.zu/. poderosos is at rank #5,987, tagged as anadj, pronounced /po.de.ˈɾɔ.zus/.
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 9210, this pair ranks #64,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poderoso vs poderosos
Shared letters: deoprs. Private to "poderoso": -. Private to "poderosos": -.
"poderoso" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "poderosos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poderoso" for "poderosos" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "poderoso" or "poderosos" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "poderoso" and "poderosos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poderoso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poderosos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #64,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.