Which to use
“divido” is a verb and “dízimo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,951
- “divido” frequency rank
- #35,978
- “dízimo” frequency rank
- 58929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divido | dízimo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dividir, separar. | décima parte |
Where the eye mixes divido and dízimo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. divido and dízimo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: divido vs dízimo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: divido is /ˈdiː.wi.doː/. while dízimo is /ˈdi.zi.mu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divido is recorded at frequency rank #22,951, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdiː.wi.doː/.. dízimo is at rank #35,978, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈdi.zi.mu/.
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 58929, this pair ranks #8,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of divido vs dízimo
Shared letters: dio. Private to "divido": v. Private to "dízimo": mzí.
"divido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dízimo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- divido ← ddivido · diivdo · divdio · dividdo · diviod · divvido · dviido · idvido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "divido" for "dízimo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "divido" vs "dízimo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "divido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dízimo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divido" and "dízimo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dínamo 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 #8,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.