Which to use
“travado” is an adjective and “travão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,579
- “travado” frequency rank
- #47,127
- “travão” frequency rank
- 66706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travado | travão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está impossibilitado de se mover | alavanca que detém o movimento de uma máquina |
Letter map: travado vs travão
Shared letters muted; letters that set travado and travão apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - travado and travão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: travado is anadjective and travãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travado is recorded at frequency rank #19,579, classified as anadj. 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 66706, this pair ranks #4,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of travado vs travão
Shared letters: aortv. Private to "travado": d. Private to "travão": ã.
"travado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "travão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- travado ← rtavado · tarvado · traavdo · travaddo · travaod · travdao · travvado · trravado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travado" for "travão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "travado" or "travão"?
After this comparison
Pair "travado" vs "travão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "travado" 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 #4,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travado" and "travão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão 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 #4,891 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.