Which to use
“trabalhado” and “trapalhão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,362
- “trabalhado” frequency rank
- #46,596
- “trapalhão” frequency rank
- 51958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | trabalhado | trapalhão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feito de forma cuidadosa, feito com esmero, feito com arte, feito com capricho | trapalhão, que atrapalha |
Where the eye mixes trabalhado and trapalhão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: trabalhado vs trapalhão
A purely visual mix-up. trabalhado (/tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎa.du/) and trapalhão (/tɾa.pa.'ʎoŋ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
trabalhado is recorded at frequency rank #5,362, classified as anadj, pronounced /tɾɐ.bɐ.ˈʎa.du/. trapalhão is at rank #46,596, tagged as anadj, pronounced /tɾa.pa.'ʎoŋ/.
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 51958, this pair ranks #13,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of trabalhado vs trapalhão
Shared letters: ahlort. Private to "trabalhado": bd. Private to "trapalhão": pã.
"trabalhado" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCV · "trapalhão" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- trabalhado ← rtabalhado · tarbalhado · traablhado · trabahlado · trabalahdo · trabalhaddo · trabalhaod · trabalhdao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "trabalhado" and "trapalhão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "trabalhado" or "trapalhão" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "trabalhado" and "trapalhão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "trabalhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trapalhão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "trabalhado" and "trapalhão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trabalhar vs trapalhão". 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 #13,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.