Which to use
“conduto” and “couto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,190
- “conduto” frequency rank
- #9,650
- “couto” frequency rank
- 47840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conduto | couto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | canal por onde escoam líquidos ou gases | lugar imune, onde os oficiais da lei não podem entrar |
Where the eye mixes conduto and couto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. conduto runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against couto's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses conduto with couto
A purely visual mix-up. conduto (/kõ.ˈdu.tu/) and couto (/ˈkow.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 47840, 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/. couto is at rank #9,650, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkow.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 47840, this pair ranks #17,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of conduto vs couto
Shared letters: cotu. Private to "conduto": dn. Private to "couto": -.
"conduto" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "couto" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conduto" and "couto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "conduto" or "couto"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conduto" and "couto" 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 "couto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conduto" and "couto" 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 #17,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.