Which to use
“banho” is a noun and “blanco” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,381
- “banho” frequency rank
- #15,515
- “blanco” frequency rank
- 16896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banho | blanco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | imersão de um corpo em água, vapor, lama, etc, para limpeza ou tratamento médico | alvo, branco |
Where the eye mixes banho and blanco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses banho with blanco
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: banho is /ˈbɐ.ɲu/ while blanco is /ˈblaŋ.ko/.. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16896, 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/. blanco is at rank #15,515, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈblaŋ.ko/..
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 16896, this pair ranks #54,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of banho vs blanco
Shared letters: abno. Private to "banho": h. Private to "blanco": cl.
"banho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "blanco" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "banho" for "blanco" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "banho" or "blanco" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "banho" and "blanco" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "banho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blanco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banho" and "blanco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "banjo vs blanco". 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 #54,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.