vedado vs verdade, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vedado” is an adjective and “verdade” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,062
“vedado” frequency rank: #208
“verdade” frequency rank: 28270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vedado	verdade
Definition	proibido	condição daquilo que corresponde à realidade

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vedado and verdade apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

vedado

7 ch

verdade

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vedado is /vɨ.ˈda.du/ while verdade is /veɾ.ˈda.dʒ͡i/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vedado is recorded at frequency rank #28,062, classified as anadj, pronounced /vɨ.ˈda.du/. verdade is at rank #208, tagged as anoun, pronounced /veɾ.ˈda.dʒ͡i/.

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 28270, this pair ranks #40,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vedado vs verdade

Shared letters: adev. Private to "vedado": o. Private to "verdade": r.

"vedado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "verdade" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

vedado ← evdado · vdeado · vedaddo · vedaod · veddado · veddao · vvedado
verdade ← evrdade · vedrade · veradde · verdadde · verdaed · verddade · verddae · verrdade

Frequency comparison

vedado#28,062

verdade#208

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vedado" and "verdade" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vedado" is an adjective and "verdade" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vedado" or "verdade"?

"verdade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #208 in our Portuguese list, against #28,062 for "vedado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering vedado vs verdade

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “vedado”; for a noun, it's “verdade”.
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