dolovsdoorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dolo is a noun, door is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#43,862
“dolo” frequency rank
#20,282
“door” frequency rank
64144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dolo door
Definition vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal avante, em frente:

Letter map: dolo vs door

Shared letters muted; letters that set dolo and door apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dolo (CVCV) and door (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
dolo
4 ch
door

Role in the sentence - dolo and door

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dolo is anoun and dooranadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dolo is recorded at frequency rank #43,862, classified as anoun. door is at rank #20,282, tagged as anadv, pronounced /dʊː/.

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 64144, this pair ranks #5,900 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dolo vs door

Shared letters: do. Private to "dolo": l. Private to "door": r.

"dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dolo ← ddolo · dloo · dollo · dool · odlo
  • door ← ddoor · doorr · doro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dolo" and "door" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dolo" is a noun and "door" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dolo" or "door"?
"door" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,282 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dolo" and "door".

  • Full dictionary entry for "dolo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "door" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,900 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dolo" and "door" 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 #5,900 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