relatadovsrelatamWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#9,241
“relatado” frequency rank
#16,599
“relatam” frequency rank
25840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relatado relatam
Definition que se relatou terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo relatar

Letter map: relatado vs relatam

Shared letters muted; letters that set relatado and relatam apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. relatado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against relatam's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
relatado
7 ch
relatam

Grammar separator: relatado vs relatam

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: relatado is anadjective and relatamaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relatado is recorded at frequency rank #9,241, classified as anadj, pronounced /xe.la.ˈta.du/ [he.la.ˈta.du]. relatam is at rank #16,599, tagged as averb.

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 25840, this pair ranks #43,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of relatado vs relatam

Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "relatado": do. Private to "relatam": m.

"relatado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "relatam" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relatado ← erlatado · realtado · relaatdo · relataddo · relataod · relatdao · relattado · rellatado
  • relatam ← erlatam · realtam · relaatm · relatamm · relatma · relattam · rellatam · reltaam

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "relatado" and "relatam" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "relatado" is an adjective and "relatam" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "relatado" or "relatam"?
"relatado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,241 in our Portuguese list, against #16,599 for "relatam". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "relatado" and "relatam".

  • Full dictionary entry for "relatado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relatam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relatado" and "relatam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reatar vs relatam". 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 #43,406 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