variado vs variados, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“variado” and “variados” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,463
“variado” frequency rank: #7,487
“variados” frequency rank: 27950
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	variado	variados
Definition	que sofreu variações	plural de variado

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set variado and variados apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

variado

8 ch

variados

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. variado (/vɐ.ˈɾja.du/) and variados (/vɐ.ɾɪ.ˈa.dʊs/, /vɐ.ˈɾja.dʊs/) 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 extra letter(s) - “variado” sits inside “variados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

variado is recorded at frequency rank #20,463, classified as anadj, pronounced /vɐ.ˈɾja.du/. variados is at rank #7,487, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vɐ.ɾɪ.ˈa.dʊs/, /vɐ.ˈɾja.dʊs/.

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 27950, this pair ranks #40,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of variado vs variados

Shared letters: adiorv. Private to "variado": -. Private to "variados": s.

"variado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "variados" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

variado ← avriado · vairado · varaido · variaddo · variaod · varidao · varriado · vraiado
variados ← avriados · vairados · varaidos · variaddos · variadoss · variadso · variaods · varidaos

Frequency comparison

variado#20,463

variados#7,487

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "variado" and "variados" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/vɐ.ˈɾja.du/ versus /vɐ.ɾɪ.ˈa.dʊs/, /vɐ.ˈɾja.dʊs/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "variado" or "variados"?

"variados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,487 in our Portuguese list, against #20,463 for "variado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering variado vs variados

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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