Which to use
“roda” is a noun and “rodado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,643
- “roda” frequency rank
- #27,260
- “rodado” frequency rank
- 30903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roda | rodado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de formato circular que, presa a um eixo central, desempenha várias finalidades cinéticas (como a roda de um moinho, de um torno, etc.) | usado, gasto |
Letter map: roda vs rodado
Shared letters muted; letters that set roda and rodado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for roda / rodado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: roda is anoun and rodadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “roda” sits inside “rodado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roda is recorded at frequency rank #3,643, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʁɔ.dɐ/ [ˈhɔ.dɐ]. 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 30903, this pair ranks #37,334 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roda vs rodado
Shared letters: ador. Private to "roda": -. Private to "rodado": -.
"roda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rodado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "roda" 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 #37,334 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roda" 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 #37,334 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.