Which to use
“contato” is a noun and “contigo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,160
- “contato” frequency rank
- #1,738
- “contigo” frequency rank
- 2898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contato | contigo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o fato de contactar | em tua companhia, equivalente a com ti |
Letter map: contato vs contigo
Shared letters muted; letters that set contato and contigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. contato and contigo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for contato / contigo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: contato is anoun and contigoapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contato is recorded at frequency rank #1,160, classified as anoun. contigo is at rank #1,738, tagged as apron, pronounced /kõ.ˈt͡ʃi.ɡo̝/.
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 2898, this pair ranks #72,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contato vs contigo
Shared letters: cnot. Private to "contato": a. Private to "contigo": gi.
"contato" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "contigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "contato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contato" and "contigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cantata vs contato". 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 #72,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.