registadovsregistarTell them apart

Quick tell: registado is a adjective, registar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“registado” is an adjective and “registar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,602
“registado” frequency rank
#16,154
“registar” frequency rank
29756
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registado registar
Definition que se registou anotar fatos por escrito; efetuar lançamentos em livros públicos

Letter map: registado vs registar

Shared letters muted; letters that set registado and registar apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. registado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against registar's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
registado
8 ch
registar

Role in the sentence - registado and registar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: registado is anadjective and registaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registado is recorded at frequency rank #13,602, classified as anadj. registar is at rank #16,154, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ʒiʃ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 29756, this pair ranks #38,820 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registado vs registar

Shared letters: aegirst. Private to "registado": do. Private to "registar": -.

"registado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "registar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registado ← ergistado · reggistado · regisatdo · regisstado · registaddo · registaod · registdao · registtado
  • registar ← ergistar · reggistar · regisatr · regisstar · registra · registtar · regitsar · regsitar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "registado" and "registar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "registado" is an adjective and "registar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "registado" or "registar"?
"registado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,602 in our Portuguese list, against #16,154 for "registar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "registado" vs "registar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "registado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "registar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,820 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registado" and "registar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recitar vs registar". 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 #38,820 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