Which to use
“convicção” is a noun and “convicto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,165
- “convicção” frequency rank
- #31,709
- “convicto” frequency rank
- 40874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | convicção | convicto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | certeza obtida por fatos ou razões, que não deixam dúvida nem dão lugar a objeção | que tem convicção; convencido; certo: |
Letter map: convicção vs convicto
Shared letters muted; letters that set convicção and convicto apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. convicção runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against convicto's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for convicção / convicto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: convicção is anoun and convictoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
convicção is recorded at frequency rank #9,165, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.vi.ˈksɐ̃w̃/. convicto is at rank #31,709, 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 40874, this pair ranks #25,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of convicção vs convicto
Shared letters: cinov. Private to "convicção": ãç. Private to "convicto": t.
"convicção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "convicto" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- convicto ← cconvicto · cnovicto · conivcto · connvicto · convcito · conviccto · convicot · convictto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "convicção" and "convicto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "convicção" vs "convicto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "convicção" and "convicto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "convicção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "convicto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "convicção" and "convicto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convento vs convicto". 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 #25,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.