demografiavsdemográficoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: demografia is a noun, demográfico is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,985
“demografia” frequency rank
#23,630
“demográfico” frequency rank
45615
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demografia demográfico
Definition área da ciência geográfica que estuda, através de dados estatísticos, a dinâmica populacional humana (índice de crescimento, composição, natalidade, mortalidade, migração, etc.) relativo à demografia

Letter map: demografia vs demográfico

Shared letters muted; letters that set demografia and demográfico apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. demografia runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against demográfico's 11 (CVCVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
demografia
11 ch
demográfico

Role in the sentence - demografia and demográfico

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: demografia is anoun and demográficoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demografia is recorded at frequency rank #21,985, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.mu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/. demográfico is at rank #23,630, 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 45615, this pair ranks #19,772 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demografia vs demográfico

Shared letters: defgimor. Private to "demografia": a. Private to "demográfico": cá.

"demografia" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV  ·  "demográfico" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demografia ← ddemografia · demgorafia · demmografia · demogarfia · demoggrafia · demografai · demograffia · demograifa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "demografia" and "demográfico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "demografia" is a noun and "demográfico" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "demografia" or "demográfico"?
"demografia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,985 in our Portuguese list, against #23,630 for "demográfico". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "demografia" vs "demográfico" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demografia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demográfico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,772 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demografia" and "demográfico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "democrático vs demográfico". 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 #19,772 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