comitévsconviteTell them apart

Which to use

“comité” and “convite” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,738
“comité” frequency rank
#2,936
“convite” frequency rank
11674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comité convite
Definition reunião de membros escolhidos numa assembleia ato de convidar

Where the eye mixes comité and convite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. comité runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against convite's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
comité
7 ch
convite

Look-alike desk: comité vs convite

A purely visual mix-up. comité (/ku.mi.ˈtɛ/) and convite (/kõ.ˈvi.tɨ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comité is recorded at frequency rank #8,738, classified as anoun, pronounced /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/. convite is at rank #2,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈvi.tɨ/.

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 11674, this pair ranks #61,128 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comité vs convite

Shared letters: ciot. Private to "comité": mé. Private to "convite": env.

"comité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "convite" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convite ← cconvite · cnovite · conivte · connvite · conviet · convitte · convtie · convvite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comité" and "convite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ku.mi.ˈtɛ/ versus /kõ.ˈvi.tɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comité" or "convite"?
"convite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,936 in our Portuguese list, against #8,738 for "comité". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,128 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comité" and "convite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coice vs comité". 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 #61,128 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list