dojovsdúoTell them apart

Which to use

“dojo” and “dúo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,883
“dojo” frequency rank
#12,808
“dúo” frequency rank
58691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dojo dúo
Definition Local₄ donde se practican artes marciales. Composición musical escrita para ser interpretada por dos instrumentos o dos voces.

Where the eye mixes dojo and dúo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. dojo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against dúo's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
dojo
3 ch
dúo

Visual trap between dojo and dúo

A purely visual mix-up. dojo ([ˈd̪oxo]) and dúo ([ˈd̪uo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dojo is recorded at frequency rank #45,883, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪oxo]. dúo is at rank #12,808, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪uo].

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 58691, this pair ranks #65,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dojo vs dúo

Shared letters: do. Private to "dojo": j. Private to "dúo": ú.

"dojo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dúo" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dojo ← ddojo · djoo · dojjo · dooj · odjo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dojo" and "dúo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈd̪oxo] versus [ˈd̪uo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dojo" vs "dúo" - which ranks higher?
"dúo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,808 in our Spanish list, against #45,883 for "dojo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dojo" and "dúo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dúo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dojo" and "dúo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dojo vs dont". 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 #65,524 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list