Which to use
“conduto” is a noun and “contudo” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,190
- “conduto” frequency rank
- #1,275
- “contudo” frequency rank
- 39465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduto | contudo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | canal por onde escoam líquidos ou gases | mas, todavia, não obstante, no entanto |
Where the eye mixes conduto and contudo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. conduto and contudo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between conduto and contudo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conduto is /kõ.ˈdu.tu/ while contudo is /kõ.ˈtu.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39465, 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/. contudo is at rank #1,275, tagged as aconj, pronounced /kõ.ˈtu.du/.
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 39465, this pair ranks #26,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conduto vs contudo
Shared letters: cdnotu. Private to "conduto": -. Private to "contudo": -.
"conduto" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "contudo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "conduto" and "contudo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "conduto" vs "contudo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "conduto" and "contudo" 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 "contudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduto" and "contudo" 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 #26,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.