Which to use
“cinco” is an adjective and “cisto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #373
- “cinco” frequency rank
- #39,054
- “cisto” frequency rank
- 39427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cinco | cisto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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) | saco fechado que tem uma membrana e divisão distintas do tecido circundante |
Letter map: cinco vs cisto
Shared letters muted; letters that set cinco and cisto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cinco and cisto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for cinco / cisto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cinco is anadjective and cistoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cinco is recorded at frequency rank #373, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈsĩ.ku/. cisto is at rank #39,054, 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 39427, this pair ranks #26,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cinco vs cisto
Shared letters: cio. Private to "cinco": n. Private to "cisto": st.
"cinco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cisto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cinco" and "cisto" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cinco" or "cisto" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cinco" and "cisto".
- Full dictionary entry for "cinco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cisto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cinco" and "cisto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs cisto". 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 #26,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.