traídovstrancoTell them apart

Quick tell: traído is a adjective, tranco is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#14,484
“traído” frequency rank
#35,378
“tranco” frequency rank
49862
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traído tranco
Definition que foi vítima de traição: tranco, pau forte e rijo

Letter map: traído vs tranco

Shared letters muted; letters that set traído and tranco apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
traído
6 ch
tranco

Role in the sentence - traído and tranco

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: traído is anadjective and trancoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traído is recorded at frequency rank #14,484, classified as anadj, pronounced /tɾɐˈi.dʊ/. tranco is at rank #35,378, tagged as anoun.

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 49862, this pair ranks #15,125 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of traído vs tranco

Shared letters: aort. Private to "traído": . Private to "tranco": cn.

"traído" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "tranco" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trancortanco · tarnco · tracno · trancco · trannco · tranoc · trnaco · trranco

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "traído" and "tranco" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "traído" is an adjective and "tranco" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "traído" or "tranco"?
"traído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,484 in our Portuguese list, against #35,378 for "tranco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "traído" and "tranco".

  • Full dictionary entry for "traído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tranco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,125 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traído" and "tranco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tranco 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 #15,125 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