Which to use
“daqui” and “daquilo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #644
- “daqui” frequency rank
- #4,304
- “daquilo” frequency rank
- 4948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daqui | daquilo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar aqui: | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo aquilo: |
Letter map: daqui vs daquilo
Shared letters muted; letters that set daqui and daquilo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Corpus notes: daqui and daquilo
daqui and daquilo 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 2 extra letter(s) - “daqui” sits inside “daquilo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daqui is recorded at frequency rank #644, classified as acontraction. daquilo is at rank #4,304, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /dɐ.ˈki.lu/.
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 4948, this pair ranks #69,787 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of daqui vs daquilo
Shared letters: adiqu. Private to "daqui": -. Private to "daquilo": lo.
"daqui" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "daquilo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "daqui" vs "daquilo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "daqui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "daquilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,787 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daqui" and "daquilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "daqui vs duque". 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 #69,787 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.