Which to use
“cliente” and “clientela” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,084
- “cliente” frequency rank
- #20,238
- “clientela” frequency rank
- 22322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliente | clientela |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pessoa protegida | grupo de pessoas ou entidades econômicas que costumam comprar, ter relações mercantis, com um determinado fornecedor; o mesmo que compradores |
Where the eye mixes cliente and clientela
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cliente vs clientela
A purely visual mix-up. cliente (/kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/) and clientela (/kli.ẽ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cliente” sits inside “clientela”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cliente is recorded at frequency rank #2,084, classified as anoun, pronounced /kli.ˈẽ.tɨ/. clientela is at rank #20,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kli.ẽ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/.
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 22322, this pair ranks #47,758 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cliente vs clientela
Shared letters: ceilnt. Private to "cliente": -. Private to "clientela": a.
"cliente" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV · "clientela" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cliente" and "clientela" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cliente" or "clientela"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cliente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clientela" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,758 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliente" and "clientela" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caliente vs cliente". 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 #47,758 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.