Which to use
“doença” is a noun and “doente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,279
- “doença” frequency rank
- #2,318
- “doente” frequency rank
- 3597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doença | doente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não | que tem a saúde alterada |
Letter map: doença vs doente
Shared letters muted; letters that set doença and doente apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for doença / doente
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doença is anoun and doenteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doença is recorded at frequency rank #1,279, classified as anoun. doente is at rank #2,318, tagged as anadj.
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 3597, this pair ranks #71,517 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doença vs doente
Shared letters: deno. Private to "doença": aç. Private to "doente": t.
"doença" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "doente" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- doente ← ddoente · deonte · doenet · doennte · doentte · doetne · donete · odente
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "doença" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,517 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doença" and "doente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doente vs dormente". 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 #71,517 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.