prorrogação vs prorrogado, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“prorrogação” is a noun and “prorrogado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,716
“prorrogação” frequency rank: #45,032
“prorrogado” frequency rank: 56748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	prorrogação	prorrogado
Definition	ato ou efeito de prorrogar	adiado; que se conseguiu prorrogar

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set prorrogação and prorrogado apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch

prorrogação

10 ch

prorrogado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prorrogação is anoun and prorrogadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prorrogação is recorded at frequency rank #11,716, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾu.Ru.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. prorrogado is at rank #45,032, 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 56748, this pair ranks #9,776 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of prorrogação vs prorrogado

Shared letters: agopr. Private to "prorrogação": ãç. Private to "prorrogado": d.

"prorrogação" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCVV · "prorrogado" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

prorrogado ← porrrogado · pprorrogado · prorogado · prororgado · prorrgoado · prorroagdo · prorrogaddo · prorrogaod

Frequency comparison

prorrogação#11,716

prorrogado#45,032

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "prorrogação" and "prorrogado" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "prorrogação" is a noun and "prorrogado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "prorrogação" or "prorrogado"?

"prorrogação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,716 in our Portuguese list, against #45,032 for "prorrogado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering prorrogação vs prorrogado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “prorrogação”; for an adjective, it's “prorrogado”.
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