duo
[du.o], Plural: [du.os]
The verdict
“duo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,317) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,317
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grupo de duas pessoas que atuam conjuntamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-duo · duo · Portuguese
duo · rank #15,317 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,317
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dotado
Nearest frequency peer: dotado (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “duo”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- discípulo
discípulo
84,692 corpus weight
- dormitório
dormitório
84,687 corpus weight
- dotado
dotado
84,686 corpus weight
- duo
duo
84,684 corpus weight
- egoísmo
egoísmo
84,682 corpus weight
- elementar
elementar
84,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “duo” against nearest ranked Portuguese headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [du.o], Plural: [du.os] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “duo” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for duo is neighbouring look-alikes ("DVD", "dura", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [du.o], Plural: [du.os]. Frequency #15,317 among 1,193 “D” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for duo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DVD", "dura", "duro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is duo, spelled D-U-O.
Definition
- 1grupo de duas pessoas que atuam conjuntamente
- 2composição musical, cantada por duas vozes ou tocada por dois instrumentos
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).