tabacovstaradoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tabaco is a noun, tarado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#9,113
“tabaco” frequency rank
#18,200
“tarado” frequency rank
27313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tabaco tarado
Definition planta herbácea da família das Solanáceas de origem americana que tem marcada a sua tara, pesado

Letter map: tabaco vs tarado

Shared letters muted; letters that set tabaco and tarado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
tabaco
6 ch
tarado

Role in the sentence - tabaco and tarado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tabaco is anoun and taradoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tabaco is recorded at frequency rank #9,113, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɐ.ˈba.ku/. tarado is at rank #18,200, tagged as anadj.

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 27313, this pair ranks #41,690 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tabaco vs tarado

Shared letters: aot. Private to "tabaco": bc. Private to "tarado": dr.

"tabaco" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "tarado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tabacoatbaco · taabco · tabacco · tabaoc · tabbaco · tabcao · tbaaco · ttabaco
  • taradoatrado · taardo · taraddo · taraod · tardao · tarrado · traado · ttarado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tabaco" for "tarado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tabaco" is a noun and "tarado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tabaco" vs "tarado" - which ranks higher?
"tabaco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,113 in our Portuguese list, against #18,200 for "tarado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "tabaco" vs "tarado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tabaco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tarado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,690 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tabaco" and "tarado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs tarado". 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 #41,690 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