verificadovsverificarTell them apart

Quick tell: verificado is a adjective, verificar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verificado” is an adjective and “verificar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,942
“verificado” frequency rank
#2,857
“verificar” frequency rank
20799
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verificado verificar
Definition ato ou efeito de verificar provar ou investigar a verdade de; constatar

Letter map: verificado vs verificar

Shared letters muted; letters that set verificado and verificar apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. verificado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against verificar's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
verificado
9 ch
verificar

Role in the sentence - verificado and verificar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: verificado is anadjective and verificaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20799, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verificado is recorded at frequency rank #17,942, classified as anadj. verificar is at rank #2,857, tagged as averb, pronounced /vɨ.ɾi.fi.ˈkaɾ/.

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 20799, this pair ranks #49,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of verificado vs verificar

Shared letters: acefirv. Private to "verificado": do. Private to "verificar": -.

"verificado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "verificar" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verificado ← evrificado · veirficado · verfiicado · verifciado · verifficado · verifiacdo · verificaddo · verificaod
  • verificar ← evrificar · veirficar · verfiicar · verifciar · verifficar · verifiacr · verificarr · verificcar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verificado" and "verificar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verificado" is an adjective and "verificar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "verificado" vs "verificar" - which ranks higher?
"verificar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,857 in our Portuguese list, against #17,942 for "verificado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "verificado" and "verificar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "verificado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verificar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verificado" and "verificar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verificação vs verificado". 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 #49,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list