Which to use
“contact” and “contato” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,663
- “contact” frequency rank
- #1,160
- “contato” frequency rank
- 20823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contact | contato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contato; contacto | o fato de contactar |
Letter map: contact vs contato
Shared letters muted; letters that set contact and contato apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. contact (CVCCVCC) and contato (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - contact / contato
contact 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 20823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contact is recorded at frequency rank #19,663, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɔ̃takt/. 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 20823, this pair ranks #49,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contact vs contato
Shared letters: acnot. Private to "contact": -. Private to "contato": -.
"contact" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "contato" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contact" and "contato" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "contact" or "contato" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "contact" and "contato". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "contact" 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 #49,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contact" and "contato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contact vs contest". 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 #49,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.