contigovscontínuoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: contigo is a pronoun, contínuo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“contigo” is a pronoun and “contínuo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,738
“contigo” frequency rank
#6,396
“contínuo” frequency rank
8134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature contigo contínuo
Definition em tua companhia, equivalente a com ti ininterrupto

Letter map: contigo vs contínuo

Shared letters muted; letters that set contigo and contínuo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
contigo
8 ch
contínuo

Grammar separator: contigo vs contínuo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: contigo is apronoun and contínuoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

contigo is recorded at frequency rank #1,738, classified as apron, pronounced /kõ.ˈt͡ʃi.ɡo̝/. contínuo is at rank #6,396, tagged as anadj.

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 8134, this pair ranks #65,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of contigo vs contínuo

Shared letters: cnot. Private to "contigo": gi. Private to "contínuo": .

"contigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "contínuo" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • contigoccontigo · cnotigo · conitgo · conntigo · contgio · contiggo · contiog · conttigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "contigo" and "contínuo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "contigo" is a pronoun and "contínuo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "contigo" or "contínuo" show up more?
"contigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,738 in our Portuguese list, against #6,396 for "contínuo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "contigo" and "contínuo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "contigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contínuo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "contigo" and "contínuo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contigo vs cortiço". 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 #65,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list