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.
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?
Which is more common, "comité" or "convite"?
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.