Which to use
“condado” and “contato” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,591
- “condado” frequency rank
- #1,160
- “contato” frequency rank
- 9751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condado | contato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dignidade de conde | o fato de contactar |
Letter map: condado vs contato
Shared letters muted; letters that set condado and contato apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. condado and contato follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - condado / contato
condado and contato 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
condado is recorded at frequency rank #8,591, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈda.du/. contato is at rank #1,160, tagged as anoun.
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 9751, this pair ranks #63,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condado vs contato
Shared letters: acno. Private to "condado": d. Private to "contato": t.
"condado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "contato" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "condado" and "contato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "condado" or "contato"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "condado" and "contato". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "condado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condado" and "contato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condado vs conduto". 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 #63,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.