Which to use
“tarado” and “tocado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,200
- “tarado” frequency rank
- #11,756
- “tocado” frequency rank
- 29956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tarado | tocado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem marcada a sua tara, pesado | apalpado, atingido |
Letter map: tarado vs tocado
Shared letters muted; letters that set tarado and tocado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tarado and tocado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - tarado / tocado
tarado and tocado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tarado is recorded at frequency rank #18,200, classified as anadj. tocado is at rank #11,756, tagged as anadj, pronounced /tu.ˈka.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 29956, this pair ranks #38,540 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tarado vs tocado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "tarado": r. Private to "tocado": c.
"tarado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tocado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tarado" and "tocado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tarado" vs "tocado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "tarado" vs "tocado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tarado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tocado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,540 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tarado" and "tocado" 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 #38,540 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.