roubadovsroupãoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: roubado is a adjective, roupão is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“roubado” is an adjective and “roupão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,576
“roubado” frequency rank
#29,507
“roupão” frequency rank
35083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature roubado roupão
Definition que foi objeto do roubo tipo de roupa confortável, geralmente comprida e de mangas longas, muito usada em casa e/ou sobre outra roupa; robe

Letter map: roubado vs roupão

Shared letters muted; letters that set roubado and roupão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. roubado runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against roupão's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
roubado
6 ch
roupão

Grammar separator: roubado vs roupão

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: roubado is anadjective and roupãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

roubado is recorded at frequency rank #5,576, classified as anadj. roupão is at rank #29,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Row.ˈpɐ̃w̃/.

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 35083, this pair ranks #32,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of roubado vs roupão

Shared letters: oru. Private to "roubado": abd. Private to "roupão": pã.

"roubado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "roupão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • roubado ← orubado · robuado · rouabdo · roubaddo · roubaod · roubbado · roubdao · rroubado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "roubado" and "roupão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "roubado" is an adjective and "roupão" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "roubado" or "roupão"?
"roubado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,576 in our Portuguese list, against #29,507 for "roupão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "roubado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "roupão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "roubado" and "roupão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "romão vs roupão". 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 #32,026 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