rodadovsroubadoTell them apart

Which to use

“rodado” and “roubado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,260
“rodado” frequency rank
#5,576
“roubado” frequency rank
32836
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rodado roubado
Definition usado, gasto que foi objeto do roubo

Letter map: rodado vs roubado

Shared letters muted; letters that set rodado and roubado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. rodado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against roubado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rodado
7 ch
roubado

Corpus notes: rodado and roubado

rodado and roubado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rodado is recorded at frequency rank #27,260, classified as anadj. roubado is at rank #5,576, 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 32836, this pair ranks #34,851 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rodado vs roubado

Shared letters: ador. Private to "rodado": -. Private to "roubado": bu.

"rodado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "roubado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rodado ← ordado · rdoado · roaddo · rodaddo · rodaod · roddado · roddao · rrodado
  • roubado ← orubado · robuado · rouabdo · roubaddo · roubaod · roubbado · roubdao · rroubado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rodado" and "roubado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "rodado" or "roubado"?
"roubado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,576 in our Portuguese list, against #27,260 for "rodado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rodado" and "roubado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rodado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "roubado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,851 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rodado" and "roubado" 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 #34,851 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