Text Variant Analyzer

Paste Portuguese text to analyze features indicating Brazilian or European Portuguese.

What This Analyzer Detects

Vocabulary Markers

Words like ônibus/autocarro, celular/telemóvel, sorvete/gelado that strongly indicate one variant

Progressive Constructions

Gerund forms (-ndo) typical of Brazilian vs. infinitive with "a" typical of European Portuguese

Pronoun Placement

Clitic pronoun position patterns that differ between variants

Possessive Position

Pre-nominal possessives (Brazilian) vs. post-nominal (European)

Limitations

This analyzer provides educated guesses based on linguistic features, not definitive identification. Skilled writers can produce text in either variant regardless of origin. Results are most reliable with longer texts (100+ words) containing multiple diagnostic features.