Which to use
“relação” is a noun and “relatado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #381
- “relação” frequency rank
- #9,241
- “relatado” frequency rank
- 9622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relação | relatado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relacionamento | que se relatou |
Letter map: relação vs relatado
Shared letters muted; letters that set relação and relatado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. relação runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against relatado's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: relação vs relatado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: relação is anoun and relatadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relação is recorded at frequency rank #381, classified as anoun. relatado is at rank #9,241, tagged as anadj, pronounced /xe.la.ˈta.du/ [he.la.ˈta.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 9622, this pair ranks #63,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of relação vs relatado
Shared letters: aelor. Private to "relação": ãç. Private to "relatado": dt.
"relação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "relatado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- relatado ← erlatado · realtado · relaatdo · relataddo · relataod · relatdao · relattado · rellatado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relação" and "relatado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "relação" or "relatado" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "relação" and "relatado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "relação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relatado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relação" and "relatado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refração vs relação". 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 #63,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.