Which to use
“banho” and “banjo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,381
- “banho” frequency rank
- #34,156
- “banjo” frequency rank
- 35537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banho | banjo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | imersão de um corpo em água, vapor, lama, etc, para limpeza ou tratamento médico | espécie de instrumento de cordas da família do alaúde, de corpo redondo, com uma abertura circular na parte posterior, originário da África |
Where the eye mixes banho and banjo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: banho vs banjo
A purely visual mix-up. banho (/ˈbɐ.ɲu/) and banjo ([ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ]) 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 a single letter - h in “banho” becomes j in “banjo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banho is recorded at frequency rank #1,381, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɐ.ɲu/. banjo is at rank #34,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɐ̃.ʒu], Plural: [ˈbɐ̃.ʒuʃ].
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 35537, this pair ranks #31,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of banho vs banjo
Shared letters: abno. Private to "banho": h. Private to "banjo": j.
"banho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "banjo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "banho" for "banjo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "banho" vs "banjo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "banho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "banjo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banho" and "banjo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banjo vs bojo". 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 #31,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.