Which to use
“cantão” and “cento” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,259
- “cantão” frequency rank
- #2,620
- “cento” frequency rank
- 31879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cantão | cento |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | região administrativa | conjunto de cem unidades de alguma coisa |
Letter map: cantão vs cento
Shared letters muted; letters that set cantão and cento apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cantão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against cento's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - cantão / cento
cantão and cento are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cantão is recorded at frequency rank #29,259, classified as anoun. cento is at rank #2,620, tagged as anoun.
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 31879, this pair ranks #36,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cantão vs cento
Shared letters: cnot. Private to "cantão": aã. Private to "cento": e.
"cantão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cento" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cento ← ccento · cennto · cenot · centto · cetno · cneto · ecnto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cantão" for "cento" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cantão" vs "cento" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "cantão" vs "cento" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cantão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cantão" and "cento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cânhamo vs cantão". 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 #36,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.