Which to use
“prestado” is an adjective and “prestar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,845
- “prestado” frequency rank
- #3,793
- “prestar” frequency rank
- 20638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prestado | prestar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se prestou | dedicar; dar com profunda afeição |
Letter map: prestado vs prestar
Shared letters muted; letters that set prestado and prestar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. prestado runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCV) against prestar's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - prestado and prestar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prestado is anadjective and prestaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prestado is recorded at frequency rank #16,845, classified as anadj. prestar is at rank #3,793, tagged as averb.
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 20638, this pair ranks #49,821 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prestado vs prestar
Shared letters: aeprst. Private to "prestado": do. Private to "prestar": -.
"prestado" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV · "prestar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prestado" and "prestar" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "prestado" or "prestar"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "prestado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prestar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,821 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prestado" and "prestar" 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 #49,821 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.