Which to use
“relatado” is an adjective and “relatar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,241
- “relatado” frequency rank
- #11,954
- “relatar” frequency rank
- 21195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relatado | relatar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se relatou | narrar, mencionar, referir |
Where the eye mixes relatado and relatar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relatado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against relatar's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: relatado vs relatar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: relatado is /xe.la.ˈta.du/ [he.la.ˈta.du] while relatar is /Rɨ.lɐ.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21195, 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]. relatar is at rank #11,954, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.lɐ.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 21195, this pair ranks #49,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relatado vs relatar
Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "relatado": do. Private to "relatar": -.
"relatado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "relatar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relatado" and "relatar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "relatado" or "relatar" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "relatado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relatar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relatado" and "relatar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reatar vs relatar". 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 #49,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.