Which to use
“road” is a noun and “rodado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,702
- “road” frequency rank
- #27,260
- “rodado” frequency rank
- 33962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | road | rodado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estrada, caminho | usado, gasto |
Letter map: road vs rodado
Shared letters muted; letters that set road and rodado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. road runs 4 letters (CVVC) against rodado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - road and rodado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: road is anoun and rodadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
road is recorded at frequency rank #6,702, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹəʊd/. rodado is at rank #27,260, tagged as anadj.
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 33962, this pair ranks #33,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of road vs rodado
Shared letters: ador. Private to "road": -. Private to "rodado": -.
"road" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "rodado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "road" for "rodado" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "road" or "rodado" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "road" and "rodado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "road" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rodado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "road" and "rodado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robalo vs rodado". 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 #33,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.