dadovsdoloWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: dado is a adjective, dolo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dado” is an adjective and “dolo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,067
“dado” frequency rank
#43,862
“dolo” frequency rank
44929
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dado dolo
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Letter map: dado vs dolo

Shared letters muted; letters that set dado and dolo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. dado and dolo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
dado
4 ch
dolo

Role in the sentence - dado and dolo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dado is anadjective and doloanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dado is recorded at frequency rank #1,067, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈda.dʊ/. dolo is at rank #43,862, tagged as anoun.

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 44929, this pair ranks #20,505 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dado vs dolo

Shared letters: do. Private to "dado": a. Private to "dolo": l.

"dado" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dado ← addo · daddo · daod · ddado · ddao
  • dolo ← ddolo · dloo · dollo · dool · odlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dado" and "dolo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dado" is an adjective and "dolo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dado" or "dolo"?
"dado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,067 in our Portuguese list, against #43,862 for "dolo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "dado" and "dolo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dolo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,505 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dado" and "dolo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dolo vs drogo". 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 #20,505 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