Which to use
“desmaio” is a noun and “desumano” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,146
- “desmaio” frequency rank
- #23,639
- “desumano” frequency rank
- 55785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desmaio | desumano |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | perda dos sentidos | que não é humano; cruel; brutal |
Letter map: desmaio vs desumano
Shared letters muted; letters that set desmaio and desumano apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. desmaio runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against desumano's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for desmaio / desumano
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: desmaio is anoun and desumanoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desmaio is recorded at frequency rank #32,146, classified as anoun. desumano is at rank #23,639, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dɨ.zu.ˈmɐ.nu/.
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 55785, this pair ranks #10,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desmaio vs desumano
Shared letters: ademos. Private to "desmaio": i. Private to "desumano": nu.
"desmaio" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "desumano" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desmaio" for "desumano" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "desmaio" or "desumano" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "desmaio" vs "desumano" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "desmaio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desumano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desmaio" and "desumano" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desmaiado vs desmaio". 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 #10,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.