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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rodado" and "roubado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rodado" or "roubado"?
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.