raptadovsraptoTell them apart

Quick tell: raptado is a adjective, rapto is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,284
“raptado” frequency rank
#14,449
“rapto” frequency rank
35733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raptado rapto
Definition que foi sequestrado ou levado à força contra a própria vontade ato ou efeito de raptar

Letter map: raptado vs rapto

Shared letters muted; letters that set raptado and rapto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. raptado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against rapto's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
raptado
5 ch
rapto

Role in the sentence - raptado and rapto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raptado is anadjective and raptoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raptado is recorded at frequency rank #21,284, classified as anadj. rapto is at rank #14,449, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRap.tu/.

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 35733, this pair ranks #31,266 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raptado vs rapto

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "raptado": d. Private to "rapto": -.

"raptado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "rapto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raptado ← arptado · rapatdo · rapptado · raptaddo · raptaod · raptdao · rapttado · ratpado
  • rapto ← arpto · rapot · rappto · raptto · ratpo · rrapto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "raptado" and "rapto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raptado" is an adjective and "rapto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "raptado" or "rapto" show up more?
"rapto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,449 in our Portuguese list, against #21,284 for "raptado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "raptado" vs "rapto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raptado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rapto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,266 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raptado" and "rapto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapto vs ratio". 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 #31,266 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