Which to use
“relatam” is a verb and “relato” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,599
- “relatam” frequency rank
- #4,675
- “relato” frequency rank
- 21274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relatam | relato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo relatar | ato ou efeito de relatar |
Letter map: relatam vs relato
Shared letters muted; letters that set relatam and relato apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. relatam runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against relato's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for relatam / relato
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: relatam is averb and relatoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relatam is recorded at frequency rank #16,599, classified as averb. relato is at rank #4,675, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈla.tu/.
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 21274, this pair ranks #49,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relatam vs relato
Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "relatam": m. Private to "relato": o.
"relatam" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "relato" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relatam" for "relato" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "relatam" or "relato" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "relatam" vs "relato" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "relatam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relatam" and "relato" 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 #49,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.