Which to use
“cívico” and “civil” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,485
- “cívico” frequency rank
- #695
- “civil” frequency rank
- 17180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cívico | civil |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo ao civil | relativo ao direito civil |
Letter map: cívico vs civil
Shared letters muted; letters that set cívico and civil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: cívico and civil
cívico and civil 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 17180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cívico is recorded at frequency rank #16,485, classified as anadj. civil is at rank #695, tagged as anadj, pronounced /si.ˈviɫ/.
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 17180, this pair ranks #54,146 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cívico vs civil
Shared letters: civ. Private to "cívico": oí. Private to "civil": l.
"cívico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "civil" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- civil ← ccivil · ciivl · civill · civli · civvil · cviil · icvil
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "cívico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "civil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,146 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cívico" and "civil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cívico vs cúbico". 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 #54,146 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.