Which to use
“dolo” and “duto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,862
- “dolo” frequency rank
- #35,558
- “duto” frequency rank
- 79420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dolo | duto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal | cano (peça cilíndrica oca) |
Letter map: dolo vs duto
Shared letters muted; letters that set dolo and duto apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: dolo and duto
dolo and duto 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dolo is recorded at frequency rank #43,862, classified as anoun. duto is at rank #35,558, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'du.tʊ/..
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 79420, this pair ranks #1,510 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dolo vs duto
Shared letters: do. Private to "dolo": l. Private to "duto": tu.
"dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "duto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "dolo" and "duto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dolo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,510 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dolo" and "duto" 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 #1,510 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.