Which to use
“traído” is an adjective and “travão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,484
- “traído” frequency rank
- #47,127
- “travão” frequency rank
- 61611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traído | travão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi vítima de traição: | alavanca que detém o movimento de uma máquina |
Where the eye mixes traído and travão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. traído (CCVVCV) and travão (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between traído and travão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: traído is /tɾɐˈi.dʊ/ while travão is /tɾa.'boŋ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61611, 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/. travão is at rank #47,127, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɾa.'boŋ/.
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 61611, this pair ranks #7,053 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of traído vs travão
Shared letters: aort. Private to "traído": dí. Private to "travão": vã.
"traído" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "travão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "traído" for "travão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "traído" vs "travão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "traído" and "travão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "traído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,053 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traído" and "travão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs travão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #7,053 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.