viajadovsviciadoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#21,046
“viajado” frequency rank
#8,839
“viciado” frequency rank
29885
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature viajado viciado
Definition que viajou muito; que percorreu diversas terras ou países diz-se daquele ou daquilo que tem um vício

Letter map: viajado vs viciado

Shared letters muted; letters that set viajado and viciado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. viajado (CVVCVCV) and viciado (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
viajado
7 ch
viciado

Pair insight - viajado / viciado

viajado and viciado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

viajado is recorded at frequency rank #21,046, classified as anadj. viciado is at rank #8,839, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vi.ˈsja.du/.

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 29885, this pair ranks #38,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of viajado vs viciado

Shared letters: adiov. Private to "viajado": j. Private to "viciado": c.

"viajado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "viciado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viajado ← ivajado · vaijado · viaajdo · viajaddo · viajaod · viajdao · viajjado · vijaado
  • viciado ← ivciado · vciiado · vicaido · vicciado · viciaddo · viciaod · vicidao · viicado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "viajado" and "viciado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "viajado" or "viciado" show up more?
"viciado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,839 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "viajado" and "viciado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "viajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viciado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "viajado" and "viciado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viação vs viajado". 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 #38,643 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