Which to use
“autismo” is a noun and “autista” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,977
- “autismo” frequency rank
- #25,201
- “autista” frequency rank
- 43178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autismo | autista |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transtorno do desenvolvimento (mais especificamente um transtorno invasivo do desenvolvimento) que se manifesta na infância caracterizado por dificuldades de socialização, comunicação e interação social, falta de contato visual e por padrões repetitivos, estereotipados ou restritos de comportamento e de pensamento | relativo ao autismo |
Where the eye mixes autismo and autista
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. autismo and autista follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: autismo vs autista
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: autismo is /aw.ˈtiʒ.mu/ while autista is /aw.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autismo is recorded at frequency rank #17,977, classified as anoun, pronounced /aw.ˈtiʒ.mu/. autista is at rank #25,201, tagged as anadj, pronounced /aw.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/.
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 43178, this pair ranks #22,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of autismo vs autista
Shared letters: aistu. Private to "autismo": mo. Private to "autista": -.
"autismo" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV · "autista" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "autismo" and "autista" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "autismo" or "autista"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "autismo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autismo" and "autista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ametista vs autista". 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 #22,496 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.