Which to use
“recomendação” is a noun and “recomendado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,948
- “recomendação” frequency rank
- #13,825
- “recomendado” frequency rank
- 22773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recomendação | recomendado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de recomendar | que se recomendou |
Letter map: recomendação vs recomendado
Shared letters muted; letters that set recomendação and recomendado apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. recomendação runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCCVCVV) against recomendado's 11 (CVCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - recomendação and recomendado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recomendação is anoun and recomendadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recomendação is recorded at frequency rank #8,948, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ku.mẽ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. recomendado is at rank #13,825, 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 22773, this pair ranks #47,182 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recomendação vs recomendado
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recomendação": ãç. Private to "recomendado": -.
"recomendação" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVV · "recomendado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recomendado ← ercomendado · rceomendado · reccomendado · recmoendado · recoemndado · recomednado · recomenaddo · recomendaddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recomendação" for "recomendado" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "recomendação" vs "recomendado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recomendado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,182 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recomendação" and "recomendado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recomendado vs recompensado". 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 #47,182 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.