testadovstestarTell them apart

Quick tell: testado is a adjective, testar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#14,252
“testado” frequency rank
#5,046
“testar” frequency rank
19298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature testado testar
Definition que se testou deixar em testamento fazer o testamento, testemunhar

Letter map: testado vs testar

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

7 ch
testado
6 ch
testar

Role in the sentence - testado and testar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: testado is anadjective and testaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

testado is recorded at frequency rank #14,252, classified as anadj. testar is at rank #5,046, tagged as averb, pronounced /tɨʃ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 19298, this pair ranks #51,456 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of testado vs testar

Shared letters: aest. Private to "testado": do. Private to "testar": r.

"testado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "testar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • testadoetstado · tesatdo · tesstado · testaddo · testaod · testdao · testtado · tetsado
  • testaretstar · tesatr · tesstar · testarr · testra · testtar · tetsar · tsetar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "testado" and "testar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "testado" is an adjective and "testar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "testado" vs "testar" - which ranks higher?
"testar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,046 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

Pair "testado" vs "testar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "testado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "testar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,456 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "testado" and "testar" 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 #51,456 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