viradavsviradoTell them apart

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

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.

6 ch
virada
6 ch
virado

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

  • virada ← ivrada · viarda · viraad · viradda · virdaa · virrada · vriada · vvirada
  • virado ← ivrado · viardo · viraddo · viraod · virdao · virrado · vriado · vvirado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "virada" and "virado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "virada" is a noun and "virado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "virada" or "virado"?
"virada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,588 in our Portuguese list, against #12,995 for "virado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list