Which to use
“divido” is a verb and “dúvida” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,951
- “divido” frequency rank
- #1,358
- “dúvida” frequency rank
- 24309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divido | dúvida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dividir, separar. | questionamento, indecisão |
Where the eye mixes divido and dúvida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. divido and dúvida follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses divido with dúvida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: divido is /ˈdiː.wi.doː/. while dúvida is /ˈdu.vi.dɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24309, 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/.. dúvida is at rank #1,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdu.vi.dɐ/.
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 24309, this pair ranks #45,343 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divido vs dúvida
Shared letters: div. Private to "divido": o. Private to "dúvida": aú.
"divido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dúvida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- divido ← ddivido · diivdo · divdio · dividdo · diviod · divvido · dviido · idvido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "divido" and "dúvida" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "divido" or "dúvida" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "dúvida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,343 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divido" and "dúvida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divido 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 #45,343 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.