Which to use
“contigo” is a pronoun and “contudo” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,738
- “contigo” frequency rank
- #1,275
- “contudo” frequency rank
- 3013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contigo | contudo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em tua companhia, equivalente a com ti | mas, todavia, não obstante, no entanto |
Where the eye mixes contigo and contudo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. contigo and contudo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between contigo and contudo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: contigo is /kõ.ˈt͡ʃi.ɡo̝/ while contudo is /kõ.ˈtu.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3013, 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/. contudo is at rank #1,275, tagged as aconj, pronounced /kõ.ˈtu.du/.
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 3013, this pair ranks #72,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contigo vs contudo
Shared letters: cnot. Private to "contigo": gi. Private to "contudo": du.
"contigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "contudo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contigo" for "contudo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "contigo" or "contudo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "contigo" and "contudo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contigo" and "contudo" 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 #72,200 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.