dalvsdoloTell them apart

Which to use

“dal” and “dolo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,029
“dal” frequency rank
#43,862
“dolo” frequency rank
70891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dal dolo
Definition olho vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal

Letter map: dal vs dolo

Shared letters muted; letters that set dal and dolo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. dal runs 3 letters (CVC) against dolo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
dal
4 ch
dolo

Spelling & dictionary notes on dal vs dolo

dal and dolo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dal is recorded at frequency rank #27,029, classified as anoun, pronounced /ta˨˦/. 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 70891, this pair ranks #3,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dal vs dolo

Shared letters: dl. Private to "dal": a. Private to "dolo": o.

"dal" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dolo ← ddolo · dloo · dollo · dool · odlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dal" for "dolo" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dal" or "dolo" show up more?
"dal" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,029 in our Portuguese list, against #43,862 for "dolo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dal" 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 #3,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dal" 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 #3,499 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