Which to use
“conjunção” is a noun and “conjunto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,948
- “conjunção” frequency rank
- #1,044
- “conjunto” frequency rank
- 24992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conjunção | conjunto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | palavra invariável que liga duas orações (proposições), ou termos semelhantes da mesma oração (conjunção coordenativa, que também se diz apenas coordenativa), ou liga uma oração principal a uma oração subordinativa/oração subordinada (conjunção subordinativa, que também se diz apenas subordinativa) | junto com |
Where the eye mixes conjunção and conjunto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conjunção runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against conjunto's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between conjunção and conjunto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conjunção is /kõ.ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while conjunto is /kõ.ˈʒũ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conjunção is recorded at frequency rank #23,948, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ʒũ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. conjunto is at rank #1,044, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.ˈʒũ.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 24992, this pair ranks #44,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conjunção vs conjunto
Shared letters: cjnou. Private to "conjunção": ãç. Private to "conjunto": t.
"conjunção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "conjunto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- conjunto ← cconjunto · cnojunto · cojnunto · conjjunto · conjnuto · conjunnto · conjunot · conjuntto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "conjunção" for "conjunto" ever safe?
Frequency check: "conjunção" vs "conjunto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "conjunção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conjunto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conjunção" and "conjunto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjugação vs conjunção". 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 #44,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.