detoxvsdutoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: detox is a adjective, duto is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#39,563
“detox” frequency rank
#35,558
“duto” frequency rank
75121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature detox duto
Definition que promove a eliminação de toxina cano (peça cilíndrica oca)

Letter map: detox vs duto

Shared letters muted; letters that set detox and duto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
detox
4 ch
duto

Grammar separator: detox vs duto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: detox is anadjective and dutoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

detox is recorded at frequency rank #39,563, classified as anadj. duto is at rank #35,558, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'du.tʊ/..

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 75121, this pair ranks #2,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of detox vs duto

Shared letters: dot. Private to "detox": ex. Private to "duto": u.

"detox" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "duto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • detoxddetox · deotx · detoxx · dettox · detxo · dteox · edtox
  • dutodduto · dtuo · duot · dutto · udto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "detox" and "duto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "detox" is an adjective and "duto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "detox" or "duto" show up more?
"duto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,558 in our Portuguese list, against #39,563 for "detox". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "detox" and "duto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "detox" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "duto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,367 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "detox" and "duto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs duto". 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 #2,367 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