voltavsvoltadoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#219
“volta” frequency rank
#5,054
“voltado” frequency rank
5273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volta voltado
Definition o ato de regressar ao local de partida orientado

Letter map: volta vs voltado

Shared letters muted; letters that set volta and voltado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
volta
7 ch
voltado

Role in the sentence - volta and voltado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: volta is anoun and voltadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “volta” sits inside “voltado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volta is recorded at frequency rank #219, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔɫ.tɐ/. voltado is at rank #5,054, 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 5273, this pair ranks #69,378 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of volta vs voltado

Shared letters: alotv. Private to "volta": -. Private to "voltado": d.

"volta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "voltado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voltaovlta · vlota · volat · vollta · voltta · votla · vvolta
  • voltadoovltado · vlotado · volatdo · volltado · voltaddo · voltaod · voltdao · volttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "volta" and "voltado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "volta" is a noun and "voltado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "volta" or "voltado"?
"volta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #219 in our Portuguese list, against #5,054 for "voltado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "volta" vs "voltado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "volta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voltado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,378 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volta" and "voltado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volta vs vulva". 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 #69,378 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