viaçãovsviajadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: viação is a noun, viajado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#17,667
“viação” frequency rank
#21,046
“viajado” frequency rank
38713
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature viação viajado
Definition empresa de ônibus ou de outros veículos de passageiros que viajou muito; que percorreu diversas terras ou países

Letter map: viação vs viajado

Shared letters muted; letters that set viação and viajado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. viação runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against viajado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
viação
7 ch
viajado

Role in the sentence - viação and viajado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: viação is anoun and viajadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

viação is recorded at frequency rank #17,667, classified as anoun, pronounced /vjɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. viajado is at rank #21,046, tagged as anadj.

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 38713, this pair ranks #27,683 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of viação vs viajado

Shared letters: aiov. Private to "viação": ãç. Private to "viajado": dj.

"viação" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "viajado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viajado ← ivajado · vaijado · viaajdo · viajaddo · viajaod · viajdao · viajjado · vijaado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "viação" and "viajado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "viação" is a noun and "viajado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "viação" vs "viajado" - which ranks higher?
"viação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,667 in our Portuguese list, against #21,046 for "viajado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "viação" and "viajado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "viação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viajado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,683 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "viação" and "viajado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "varão vs viação". 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 #27,683 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