Which to use
“tarado” and “travado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,200
- “tarado” frequency rank
- #19,579
- “travado” frequency rank
- 37779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tarado | travado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que tem marcada a sua tara, pesado | que está impossibilitado de se mover |
Letter map: tarado vs travado
Shared letters muted; letters that set tarado and travado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tarado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against travado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - tarado / travado
tarado and travado 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tarado is recorded at frequency rank #18,200, classified as anadj. travado is at rank #19,579, 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 37779, this pair ranks #28,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tarado vs travado
Shared letters: adort. Private to "tarado": -. Private to "travado": v.
"tarado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "travado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tarado" and "travado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tarado" vs "travado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "tarado" and "travado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tarado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tarado" and "travado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travado vs travão". 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 #28,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.