Which to use
“cento” is a noun and “cinco” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,620
- “cento” frequency rank
- #373
- “cinco” frequency rank
- 2993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cento | cinco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de cem unidades de alguma coisa | número equivalente a quatro mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha cinco elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 5 (algarismos arábicos) ou V (algarismos romanos) |
Letter map: cento vs cinco
Shared letters muted; letters that set cento and cinco apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cento / cinco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cento is anoun and cincoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cento is recorded at frequency rank #2,620, classified as anoun. cinco is at rank #373, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsĩ.ku/.
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 2993, this pair ranks #72,222 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cento vs cinco
Shared letters: cno. Private to "cento": et. Private to "cinco": i.
"cento" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cinco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cento" and "cinco" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cento" or "cinco" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "cento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cinco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,222 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cento" and "cinco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs cinco". 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 #72,222 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.