Which to use
“disk” is a noun and “disso” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,980
- “disk” frequency rank
- #256
- “disso” frequency rank
- 26236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disk | disso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | disque | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isso: |
Letter map: disk vs disso
Shared letters muted; letters that set disk and disso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for disk / disso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: disk is anoun and dissoacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disk is recorded at frequency rank #25,980, classified as anoun. disso is at rank #256, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈdi.su/.
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 26236, this pair ranks #42,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of disk vs disso
Shared letters: dis. Private to "disk": k. Private to "disso": o.
"disk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "disso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "disk" and "disso" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "disk" or "disso" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "disk" and "disso".
- Full dictionary entry for "disk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disk" and "disso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dink vs disk". 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 #42,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.