Which to use
“roubada” and “roubado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,331
- “roubada” frequency rank
- #5,576
- “roubado” frequency rank
- 17907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roubada | roubado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | situação complicada ou perigosa | que foi objeto do roubo |
Letter map: roubada vs roubado
Shared letters muted; letters that set roubada and roubado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Pair insight - roubada / roubado
roubada 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 a single letter - a in “roubada” becomes o in “roubado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roubada is recorded at frequency rank #12,331, 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 17907, this pair ranks #53,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of roubada vs roubado
Shared letters: abdoru. Private to "roubada": -. Private to "roubado": -.
"roubada" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "roubado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "roubada" and "roubado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "roubada" or "roubado"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "roubada" 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 #53,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roubada" and "roubado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robalo vs roubado". 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 #53,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.