Which to use
“radiação” is a noun and “radicado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,138
- “radiação” frequency rank
- #19,539
- “radicado” frequency rank
- 24677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | radiação | radicado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de radiar (luz) | que se radicou; que criou raízes; enraizado |
Where the eye mixes radiação and radicado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses radiação with radicado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: radiação is /Rɐ.djɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while radicado is /Rɐ.di.ˈka.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
radiação is recorded at frequency rank #5,138, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɐ.djɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. radicado is at rank #19,539, tagged as anadj, pronounced /Rɐ.di.ˈka.du/.
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 24677, this pair ranks #44,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of radiação vs radicado
Shared letters: adior. Private to "radiação": ãç. Private to "radicado": c.
"radiação" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "radicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- radicado ← ardicado · radciado · raddicado · radiacdo · radicaddo · radicaod · radiccado · radicdao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "radiação" for "radicado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "radiação" or "radicado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "radiação" and "radicado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "radiação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "radicado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "radiação" and "radicado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "radiador vs radicado". 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 #44,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.