tecladovstestadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,470
“teclado” frequency rank
#14,252
“testado” frequency rank
19722
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teclado testado
Definition parte de instrumento musical composta por várias teclas que se testou

Letter map: teclado vs testado

Shared letters muted; letters that set teclado and testado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
teclado
7 ch
testado

Role in the sentence - teclado and testado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teclado is anoun and testadoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teclado is recorded at frequency rank #5,470, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɛ.ˈkla.du/. testado is at rank #14,252, 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 19722, this pair ranks #50,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teclado vs testado

Shared letters: adeot. Private to "teclado": cl. Private to "testado": s.

"teclado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "testado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tecladoetclado · tcelado · tecaldo · tecclado · tecladdo · teclaod · tecldao · tecllado
  • testadoetstado · tesatdo · tesstado · testaddo · testaod · testdao · testtado · tetsado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "teclado" and "testado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teclado" is a noun and "testado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "teclado" or "testado" show up more?
"teclado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,470 in our Portuguese list, against #14,252 for "testado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "teclado" and "testado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teclado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "testado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teclado" and "testado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "testado vs tétano". 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 #50,939 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