Which to use
“selado” and “suado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,270
- “selado” frequency rank
- #23,137
- “suado” frequency rank
- 50407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | selado | suado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem selo | que está suando |
Where the eye mixes selado and suado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. selado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against suado's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: selado vs suado
A purely visual mix-up. selado (/sɨ.ˈla.du/) and suado (/ˈswa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50407, 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/. suado is at rank #23,137, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈswa.du/.
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 50407, this pair ranks #14,557 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of selado vs suado
Shared letters: ados. Private to "selado": el. Private to "suado": u.
"selado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "suado" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "selado" for "suado" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "selado" or "suado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "selado" and "suado" 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 "suado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,557 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "selado" and "suado" 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 #14,557 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.