Which to use
“roubado” is an adjective and “roubo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,576
- “roubado” frequency rank
- #3,725
- “roubo” frequency rank
- 9301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roubado | roubo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi objeto do roubo | ato ou efeito de subtrair coisa móvel alheia mediante violência ou grave ameaça a pessoa, ou depois de havê-la, por qualquer meio, reduzido à impossibilidade de resistência |
Letter map: roubado vs roubo
Shared letters muted; letters that set roubado and roubo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. roubado runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against roubo's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for roubado / roubo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: roubado is anadjective and rouboanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roubado is recorded at frequency rank #5,576, classified as anadj. roubo is at rank #3,725, tagged as anoun.
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 9301, this pair ranks #64,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of roubado vs roubo
Shared letters: boru. Private to "roubado": ad. Private to "roubo": -.
"roubado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "roubo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "roubado" and "roubo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "roubado" or "roubo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "roubado" vs "roubo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "roubado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "roubo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roubado" and "roubo" 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 #64,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.