depostovsdezoitoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: deposto is a adjective, dezoito is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“deposto” is an adjective and “dezoito” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,306
“deposto” frequency rank
#10,694
“dezoito” frequency rank
29000
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deposto dezoito
Definition que foi alvo de deposição (abdicação, renúncia, demissão) número equivalente a dezessete mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha dezoito elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 18 (algarismos arábicos) ou XVIII (algarismos romanos)

Letter map: deposto vs dezoito

Shared letters muted; letters that set deposto and dezoito apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. deposto (CVCVCCV) and dezoito (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
deposto
7 ch
dezoito

Grammar separator: deposto vs dezoito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deposto is anadjective and dezoitoanum. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deposto is recorded at frequency rank #18,306, classified as anadj. dezoito is at rank #10,694, tagged as anum, pronounced /dɨ.ˈzɔj.tu/.

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 29000, this pair ranks #39,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deposto vs dezoito

Shared letters: deot. Private to "deposto": ps. Private to "dezoito": iz.

"deposto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "dezoito" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deposto ← ddeposto · deopsto · deposot · depossto · depostto · depotso · depposto · depsoto
  • dezoito ← ddezoito · deozito · dezioto · dezoiot · dezoitto · dezotio · dezzoito · dzeoito

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deposto" and "dezoito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deposto" is an adjective and "dezoito" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "deposto" or "dezoito" show up more?
"dezoito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,694 in our Portuguese list, against #18,306 for "deposto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "deposto" and "dezoito".

  • Full dictionary entry for "deposto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dezoito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,734 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deposto" and "dezoito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deposto vs desgosto". 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 #39,734 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