Which to use
“conduto” and “conto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,190
- “conduto” frequency rank
- #2,366
- “conto” frequency rank
- 40556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduto | conto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | canal por onde escoam líquidos ou gases | narração fictícia breve, menor que uma novela, falada ou escrita |
Where the eye mixes conduto and conto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses conduto with conto
A purely visual mix-up. conduto (/kõ.ˈdu.tu/) and conto (/ˈkõ.tu/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conduto is recorded at frequency rank #38,190, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈdu.tu/. conto is at rank #2,366, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkõ.tu/.
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 40556, this pair ranks #25,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduto vs conto
Shared letters: cnot. Private to "conduto": du. Private to "conto": -.
"conduto" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "conto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduto" and "conto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "conduto" vs "conto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conduto" and "conto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conduto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduto" and "conto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conduto vs conluio". 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 #25,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.