Which to use
“dígito” is a noun and “disto” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,071
- “dígito” frequency rank
- #3,761
- “disto” frequency rank
- 30832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dígito | disto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cada um dos símbolos de 0 a 9 usados para formar os números | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isto: |
Letter map: dígito vs disto
Shared letters muted; letters that set dígito and disto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. dígito runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against disto's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for dígito / disto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dígito is anoun and distoacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dígito is recorded at frequency rank #27,071, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdi.ʒi.tu/. disto is at rank #3,761, tagged as acontraction.
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 30832, this pair ranks #37,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dígito vs disto
Shared letters: diot. Private to "dígito": gí. Private to "disto": s.
"dígito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "disto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- disto ← ddisto · disot · dissto · distto · ditso · dsito · idsto
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dígito" and "disto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dígito" vs "disto" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "dígito" vs "disto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "dígito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dígito" and "disto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dígito vs dízimo". 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 #37,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.