robalovsrodadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: robalo is a noun, rodado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“robalo” is a noun and “rodado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,098
“robalo” frequency rank
#27,260
“rodado” frequency rank
71358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature robalo rodado
Definition nome vulgar de alguns peixes teleósteos da família dos Serranídeos muito apreciados usado, gasto

Letter map: robalo vs rodado

Shared letters muted; letters that set robalo and rodado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. robalo and rodado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
robalo
6 ch
rodado

Role in the sentence - robalo and rodado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: robalo is anoun and rodadoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

robalo is recorded at frequency rank #44,098, classified as anoun, pronounced /Ru.ˈba.lu/. 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 71358, this pair ranks #3,360 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of robalo vs rodado

Shared letters: aor. Private to "robalo": bl. Private to "rodado": d.

"robalo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rodado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • robalo ← orbalo · rboalo · roablo · roballo · robaol · robbalo · roblao · rrobalo
  • rodado ← ordado · rdoado · roaddo · rodaddo · rodaod · roddado · roddao · rrodado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "robalo" for "rodado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "robalo" is a noun and "rodado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "robalo" or "rodado" show up more?
"rodado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,260 in our Portuguese list, against #44,098 for "robalo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "robalo" and "rodado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "robalo" 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 #3,360 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "robalo" and "rodado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robalo vs romão". 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 #3,360 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