raladovsrodadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“ralado” and “rodado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,105
“ralado” frequency rank
#27,260
“rodado” frequency rank
56365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ralado rodado
Definition que sofreu a ação de um ralador usado, gasto

Letter map: ralado vs rodado

Shared letters muted; letters that set ralado and rodado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. ralado and rodado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
ralado
6 ch
rodado

Corpus notes: ralado and rodado

ralado and rodado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56365, 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/. rodado is at rank #27,260, 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 56365, this pair ranks #10,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ralado vs rodado

Shared letters: ador. Private to "ralado": l. Private to "rodado": -.

"ralado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rodado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ralado ← arlado · raaldo · raladdo · ralaod · raldao · rallado · rlaado · rralado
  • rodado ← ordado · rdoado · roaddo · rodaddo · rodaod · roddado · roddao · rrodado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ralado" and "rodado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "ralado" vs "rodado" - which ranks higher?
"rodado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,260 in our Portuguese list, against #29,105 for "ralado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ralado" and "rodado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ralado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rodado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ralado" and "rodado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robalo vs rodado". 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 #10,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list