Which to use
“concerto” and “concurso” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,887
- “concerto” frequency rank
- #1,877
- “concurso” frequency rank
- 6764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concerto | concurso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | composição musical escrita para um ou mais solistas com acompanhamento de um grupo maior, geralmente uma orquestra completa, de cordas ou de câmara | ato de concorrer |
Where the eye mixes concerto and concurso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concerto and concurso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses concerto with concurso
A purely visual mix-up. concerto (/kʌnˈtʃɛɹ.to/) and concurso (/kõ.ˈkuɾ.su/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concerto is recorded at frequency rank #4,887, classified as anoun, pronounced /kʌnˈtʃɛɹ.to/. concurso is at rank #1,877, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈkuɾ.su/.
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 6764, this pair ranks #67,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of concerto vs concurso
Shared letters: cnor. Private to "concerto": et. Private to "concurso": su.
"concerto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "concurso" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concerto" and "concurso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "concerto" or "concurso" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "concerto" and "concurso" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "concerto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "concurso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concerto" and "concurso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertar vs concerto". 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 #67,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.