Which to use
“diabo” is an intj and “Diogo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,894
- “diabo” frequency rank
- #7,013
- “Diogo” frequency rank
- 10907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diabo | Diogo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressão de raiva/ira; droga!; pombas! | prenome masculino |
Where the eye mixes diabo and Diogo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. diabo and Diogo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: diabo vs Diogo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: diabo is /'ʤja.bʊ/ while Diogo is /ʤi'ogʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diabo is recorded at frequency rank #3,894, classified as anintj, pronounced /'ʤja.bʊ/. Diogo is at rank #7,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʤi'ogʊ/.
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 10907, this pair ranks #62,061 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of diabo vs Diogo
Shared letters: dio. Private to "diabo": ab. Private to "Diogo": g.
"diabo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Diogo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "diabo" and "Diogo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "diabo" or "Diogo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "diabo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Diogo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,061 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diabo" and "Diogo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Diogo vs drogo". 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 #62,061 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.