Which to use
“virada” is a noun and “virado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,588
- “virada” frequency rank
- #12,995
- “virado” frequency rank
- 18583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virada | virado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de virar(-se) | que passou num período de um dia para o outro em estado acordado |
Letter map: virada vs virado
Shared letters muted; letters that set virada and virado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. virada and virado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for virada / virado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: virada is anoun and viradoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “virada” becomes o in “virado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virada is recorded at frequency rank #5,588, classified as anoun. virado is at rank #12,995, 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 18583, this pair ranks #52,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of virada vs virado
Shared letters: adirv. Private to "virada": -. Private to "virado": o.
"virada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "virado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "virada" and "virado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "virada" or "virado"?
What to do next
Pair "virada" vs "virado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "virada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virada" and "virado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virado vs visada". 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 #52,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.