# validar vs válido

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### validar
*verb · IPA /vɐ.li.ˈdaɾ/ · frequency rank #28,413*
tornar(-se) válido, legítimo, legal.

### válido
*adjective · IPA /ˈva.li.du/ · frequency rank #7,716*
justo; correto; bem fundado

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/validar-vs-valido