dolovsdoneTell them apart

Quick tell: dolo is a noun, done is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dolo” is a noun and “done” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,862
“dolo” frequency rank
#23,299
“done” frequency rank
67161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dolo done
Definition vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal particípio do verbo do

Letter map: dolo vs done

Shared letters muted; letters that set dolo and done apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
dolo
4 ch
done

Role in the sentence - dolo and done

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dolo is anoun and doneaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dolo is recorded at frequency rank #43,862, classified as anoun. done is at rank #23,299, tagged as averb, pronounced /dʌn/; /dɐn/; /dʊn/.

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 67161, this pair ranks #4,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dolo vs done

Shared letters: do. Private to "dolo": l. Private to "done": en.

"dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doloddolo · dloo · dollo · dool · odlo
  • doneddone · dnoe · doen · donne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dolo" for "done" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dolo" is a noun and "done" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dolo" or "done" show up more?
"done" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,299 in our Portuguese list, against #43,862 for "dolo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "dolo" and "done". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dolo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "done" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dolo" and "done" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dolo 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 #4,735 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