domovsdosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: domo is a noun, dos is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“domo” is a noun and “dos” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,110
“domo” frequency rank
#24
“dos” frequency rank
39134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature domo dos
Definition estrutura arquitetónica de formato hemisférico ou esferoide, que serve geralmente como cobertura de uma construção o número dois

Where the eye mixes domo and dos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
domo
3 ch
dos

Look-alike desk: domo vs dos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: domo is /ˈdo.mʊ/ while dos is /dɔs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

domo is recorded at frequency rank #39,110, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdo.mʊ/. dos is at rank #24, tagged as anum, pronounced /dɔs/.

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 39134, this pair ranks #27,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of domo vs dos

Shared letters: do. Private to "domo": m. Private to "dos": s.

"domo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domoddomo · dmoo · dommo · doom · odmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "domo" for "dos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "domo" is a noun and "dos" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "domo" or "dos" show up more?
"dos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24 in our Portuguese list, against #39,110 for "domo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "domo" and "dos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "domo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "domo" and "dos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domo 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 #27,196 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