Which to use
“traído” and “trigo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,484
- “traído” frequency rank
- #7,348
- “trigo” frequency rank
- 21832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traído | trigo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi vítima de traição: | de trigo; feito de trigo |
Where the eye mixes traído and trigo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. traído runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against trigo's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between traído and trigo
A purely visual mix-up. traído (/tɾɐˈi.dʊ/) and trigo (/ˈtɾi.ɡu/) 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 21832, 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/. trigo is at rank #7,348, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈtɾi.ɡu/.
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 21832, this pair ranks #48,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of traído vs trigo
Shared letters: ort. Private to "traído": adí. Private to "trigo": gi.
"traído" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "trigo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- trigo ← rtigo · tirgo · trgio · triggo · triog · trrigo · ttrigo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "traído" for "trigo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "traído" vs "trigo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "traído" and "trigo" 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 "trigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traído" and "trigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traído 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 #48,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.