voadorvsvotadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#12,800
“voador” frequency rank
#8,278
“votado” frequency rank
21078
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voador votado
Definition que ou o que voa que recebeu votos

Letter map: voador vs votado

Shared letters muted; letters that set voador and votado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. voador (CVVCVC) and votado (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
voador
6 ch
votado

Pair insight - voador / votado

voador and votado 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voador is recorded at frequency rank #12,800, classified as anadj, pronounced /vwɐ.ˈdoɾ/. votado is at rank #8,278, 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 21078, this pair ranks #49,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voador vs votado

Shared letters: adov. Private to "voador": r. Private to "votado": t.

"voador" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "votado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voador ← ovador · vaodor · voaddor · voadorr · voadro · voaodr · vodaor · vvoador
  • votado ← ovtado · voatdo · votaddo · votaod · votdao · vottado · vtoado · vvotado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "voador" and "votado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "voador" or "votado"?
"votado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,278 in our Portuguese list, against #12,800 for "voador". 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 "voador" and "votado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "votado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voador" and "votado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violador vs voador". 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 #49,275 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