Which to use
“ralado” and “rápido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,105
- “ralado” frequency rank
- #811
- “rápido” frequency rank
- 29916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ralado | rápido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que sofreu a ação de um ralador | que anda depressa |
Where the eye mixes ralado and rápido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ralado and rápido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses ralado with rápido
A purely visual mix-up. ralado (/Rɐ.ˈla.du/) and rápido (/ˈRa.pi.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ralado is recorded at frequency rank #29,105, classified as anadj, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈla.du/. rápido is at rank #811, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈRa.pi.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 29916, this pair ranks #38,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ralado vs rápido
Shared letters: dor. Private to "ralado": al. Private to "rápido": ipá.
"ralado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rápido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ralado ← arlado · raaldo · raladdo · ralaod · raldao · rallado · rlaado · rralado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ralado" and "rápido" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ralado" vs "rápido" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ralado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rápido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ralado" and "rápido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ralado vs ralar". 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 #38,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.