Which to use
“contingente” and “convincente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,851
- “contingente” frequency rank
- #14,547
- “convincente” frequency rank
- 27398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contingente | convincente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | possível, mas não certo; incidental; casual | persuasivo |
Where the eye mixes contingente and convincente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. contingente and convincente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between contingente and convincente
A purely visual mix-up. contingente (/kõ.tĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/) and convincente (/kõ.vĩ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contingente is recorded at frequency rank #12,851, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.tĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. convincente is at rank #14,547, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.vĩ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/.
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 27398, this pair ranks #41,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contingente vs convincente
Shared letters: ceinot. Private to "contingente": g. Private to "convincente": v.
"contingente" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV · "convincente" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- contingente ← ccontingente · cnotingente · conitngente · conntingente · contignente · continegnte · contingenet · contingennte
- convincente ← cconvincente · cnovincente · conivncente · connvincente · convicnente · convinccente · convincenet · convincennte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contingente" for "convincente" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "contingente" or "convincente" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "contingente" and "convincente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contingente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convincente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contingente" and "convincente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contingente vs contundente". 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 #41,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.