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Which to use

“Dio” and “duto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,946
“Dio” frequency rank
#35,558
“duto” frequency rank
60504
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dio duto
Definition Deus cano (peça cilíndrica oca)

Where the eye mixes Dio and duto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
Dio
4 ch
duto

Visual trap between Dio and duto

A purely visual mix-up. Dio (/ˈdi.o/) and duto (/'du.tʊ/.) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dio is recorded at frequency rank #24,946, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdi.o/. 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 60504, this pair ranks #7,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Dio vs duto

Shared letters: do. Private to "Dio": i. Private to "duto": tu.

"Dio" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "duto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dutodduto · dtuo · duot · dutto · udto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Dio" and "duto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈdi.o/ versus /'du.tʊ/.) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Dio" vs "duto" - which ranks higher?
"Dio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,946 in our Portuguese list, against #35,558 for "duto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Dio" and "duto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dio" 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 #7,620 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dio" 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 #7,620 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