damovsdoloConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#48,855
“damo” frequency rank
#43,862
“dolo” frequency rank
92717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature damo dolo
Definition dama, rainha vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal

Letter map: damo vs dolo

Shared letters muted; letters that set damo and dolo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. damo 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
damo
4 ch
dolo

Spelling & dictionary notes on damo vs dolo

damo 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

damo is recorded at frequency rank #48,855, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈda.mɔ/. 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 92717, this pair ranks #157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of damo vs dolo

Shared letters: do. Private to "damo": am. Private to "dolo": l.

"damo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • damo ← admo · dammo · daom · ddamo · dmao
  • dolo ← ddolo · dloo · dollo · dool · odlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "damo" for "dolo" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, 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 "damo" or "dolo" show up more?
"dolo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,862 in our Portuguese list, against #48,855 for "damo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "damo" and "dolo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "damo" 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 #157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "damo" and "dolo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damo vs dat". 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 #157 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