Which to use
“disso” and “disto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #256
- “disso” frequency rank
- #3,761
- “disto” frequency rank
- 4017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disso | disto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isso: | contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isto: |
Letter map: disso vs disto
Shared letters muted; letters that set disso and disto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. disso and disto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on disso vs disto
disso and disto are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - s in “disso” becomes t in “disto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disso is recorded at frequency rank #256, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈdi.su/. 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 4017, this pair ranks #71,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disso vs disto
Shared letters: dios. Private to "disso": -. Private to "disto": t.
"disso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "disto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disso" for "disto" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "disso" or "disto" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "disso" vs "disto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "disso" 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 #71,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disso" 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 #71,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.