Which to use
“disco” is a noun and “disto” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,317
- “disco” frequency rank
- #3,761
- “disto” frequency rank
- 6078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disco | disto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça ou objeto circular e chato | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isto: |
Letter map: disco vs disto
Shared letters muted; letters that set disco and disto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: disco vs disto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: disco is anoun and distoacontraction. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “disco” becomes t in “disto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disco is recorded at frequency rank #2,317, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdiʃ.ku/. 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 6078, this pair ranks #68,423 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disco vs disto
Shared letters: dios. Private to "disco": c. Private to "disto": t.
"disco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "disto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "disco" and "disto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "disco" vs "disto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "disco" and "disto".
- Full dictionary entry for "disco" 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 #68,423 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disco" and "disto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disto vs dit". 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 #68,423 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.