Which to use
“variada” is an adjective and “varíola” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,739
- “variada” frequency rank
- #28,414
- “varíola” frequency rank
- 47153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | variada | varíola |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de variado | doença contagiosa aguda (oficialmente declarada extinta do planeta na década de 1970), de origem viral, caracterizada por febre, dor no corpo, vômitos e lesões cutâneas |
Where the eye mixes variada and varíola
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: variada vs varíola
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: variada is /vɐ.ɾɪ.ˈa.dɐ/, /vɐ.ˈɾja.dɐ/ while varíola is /vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 47153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
variada is recorded at frequency rank #18,739, classified as anadj, pronounced /vɐ.ɾɪ.ˈa.dɐ/, /vɐ.ˈɾja.dɐ/. varíola is at rank #28,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vɐ.ˈɾi.u.lɐ/.
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 47153, this pair ranks #18,123 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of variada vs varíola
Shared letters: arv. Private to "variada": di. Private to "varíola": loí.
"variada" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "varíola" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- variada ← avriada · vairada · varaida · variaad · variadda · varidaa · varriada · vraiada
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "variada" and "varíola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "variada" or "varíola" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "variada" and "varíola" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "variada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "varíola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,123 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "variada" and "varíola" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "varela vs varíola". 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 #18,123 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.