blocovsblogTell them apart

Which to use

“bloco” and “blog” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,307
“bloco” frequency rank
#799
“blog” frequency rank
3106
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bloco blog
Definition massa volumosa e compacta de uma substância pesada sítio eletrônico dotado de uma estrutura que permite rápida atualização e que pode ser escrito por um ou mais indivíduos

Where the eye mixes bloco and blog

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
bloco
4 ch
blog

Look-alike desk: bloco vs blog

A purely visual mix-up. bloco (/ˈblɔ.ku/) and blog (/ˈblɔ.gɪ/) 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 3106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bloco is recorded at frequency rank #2,307, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈblɔ.ku/. blog is at rank #799, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈblɔ.gɪ/.

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 3106, this pair ranks #72,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of bloco vs blog

Shared letters: blo. Private to "bloco": c. Private to "blog": g.

"bloco" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "blog" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blocobbloco · blcoo · blloco · blocco · blooc · bolco · lboco
  • blogbblog · blgo · bllog · blogg · bolg · lbog

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bloco" for "blog" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈblɔ.ku/ versus /ˈblɔ.gɪ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bloco" or "blog" show up more?
"blog" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #799 in our Portuguese list, against #2,307 for "bloco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "bloco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blog" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bloco" and "blog" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blog vs bolor". 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 #72,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list