Which to use
“selado” is an adjective and “selar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,270
- “selado” frequency rank
- #26,893
- “selar” frequency rank
- 54163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | selado | selar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem selo | pôr sela (em cavalo, por exemplo) |
Where the eye mixes selado and selar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. selado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against selar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: selado vs selar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: selado is /sɨ.ˈla.du/ while selar is /sɨ.ˈlaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
selado is recorded at frequency rank #27,270, classified as anadj, pronounced /sɨ.ˈla.du/. selar is at rank #26,893, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɨ.ˈlaɾ/.
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 54163, this pair ranks #11,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of selado vs selar
Shared letters: aels. Private to "selado": do. Private to "selar": r.
"selado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "selar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "selado" for "selar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "selado" or "selar" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "selado" and "selar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "selado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "selar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "selado" and "selar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "selado vs soldo". 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 #11,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.