Which to use
“bruto” is an adjective and “but” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,918
- “bruto” frequency rank
- #7,254
- “but” frequency rank
- 13172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bruto | but |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | néscio, incapaz | mas, porém, todavia |
Letter map: bruto vs but
Shared letters muted; letters that set bruto and but apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for bruto / but
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bruto is anadjective and butaconjunction. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bruto is recorded at frequency rank #5,918, classified as anadj. but is at rank #7,254, tagged as aconj.
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 13172, this pair ranks #59,268 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bruto vs but
Shared letters: btu. Private to "bruto": or. Private to "but": -.
"bruto" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "but" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bruto ← bbruto · brruto · brtuo · bruot · brutto · burto · rbuto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bruto" and "but" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "bruto" or "but" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "bruto" and "but".
- Full dictionary entry for "bruto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "but" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,268 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bruto" and "but" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bué vs but". 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 #59,268 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.