dodovsdoloWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“dodo” and “dolo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,368
“dodo” frequency rank
#43,862
“dolo” frequency rank
92230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dodo dolo
Definition dodo vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal

Letter map: dodo vs dolo

Shared letters muted; letters that set dodo and dolo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dodo and dolo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
dodo
4 ch
dolo

Corpus notes: dodo and dolo

dodo and dolo 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 - d in “dodo” becomes l in “dolo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dodo is recorded at frequency rank #48,368, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdoʊ.doʊ/. dolo is at rank #43,862, tagged as anoun.

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 92230, this pair ranks #171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dodo vs dolo

Shared letters: do. Private to "dodo": -. Private to "dolo": l.

"dodo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dodo ← ddodo · ddoo · doddo · dood · oddo
  • dolo ← ddolo · dloo · dollo · dool · odlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dodo" and "dolo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - d in “dodo” becomes l in “dolo”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dodo" or "dolo" show up more?
"dolo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,862 in our Portuguese list, against #48,368 for "dodo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "dodo" vs "dolo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dodo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dolo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dodo" and "dolo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dodo vs drogo". 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 #171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list