Which to use
“prestado” is an adjective and “prestador” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,845
- “prestado” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “prestador” frequency rank
- 59011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prestado | prestador |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se prestou | executor de serviço |
Letter map: prestado vs prestador
Shared letters muted; letters that set prestado and prestador apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. prestado runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against prestador's 9 (CCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: prestado vs prestador
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prestado is anadjective and prestadoranoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “prestado” sits inside “prestador”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prestado is recorded at frequency rank #16,845, classified as anadj. prestador is at rank #42,166, 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 59011, this pair ranks #8,423 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prestado vs prestador
Shared letters: adeoprst. Private to "prestado": -. Private to "prestador": -.
"prestado" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "prestador" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prestado" for "prestador" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "prestado" or "prestador" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "prestado" vs "prestador" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "prestado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prestador" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,423 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prestado" and "prestador" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prelado vs prestado". 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 #8,423 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.