Which to use
“seguida” is a noun and “seguido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,133
- “seguida” frequency rank
- #3,289
- “seguido” frequency rank
- 4422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seguida | seguido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | seguimento | que precede: |
Where the eye mixes seguida and seguido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. seguida and seguido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between seguida and seguido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seguida is /sɨ.ˈɡi.dɐ/ while seguido is /se.ˈgi.dʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “seguida” becomes o in “seguido”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seguida is recorded at frequency rank #1,133, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɨ.ˈɡi.dɐ/. seguido is at rank #3,289, tagged as anadj, pronounced /se.ˈgi.dʊ/.
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 4422, this pair ranks #70,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seguida vs seguido
Shared letters: degisu. Private to "seguida": a. Private to "seguido": o.
"seguida" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "seguido" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seguida" and "seguido" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "seguida" vs "seguido" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "seguida" and "seguido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "seguida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seguido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seguida" and "seguido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seguido vs seguidor". 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 #70,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.