dublêvsduploConfusable pair

Quick tell: dublê is a noun, duplo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dublê” is a noun and “duplo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,117
“dublê” frequency rank
#4,388
“duplo” frequency rank
34505
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dublê duplo
Definition ator que substitui outro em tomadas perigosas ou difíceis que tem duplicidade; ambíguo

Letter map: dublê vs duplo

Shared letters muted; letters that set dublê and duplo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dublê and duplo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
dublê
5 ch
duplo

Grammar separator: dublê vs duplo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dublê is anoun and duploanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dublê is recorded at frequency rank #30,117, classified as anoun, pronounced /du.ˈble/. duplo is at rank #4,388, 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 34505, this pair ranks #32,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dublê vs duplo

Shared letters: dlu. Private to "dublê": bê. Private to "duplo": op.

"dublê" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "duplo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • duplo ← dduplo · dpulo · dulpo · dupllo · dupol · dupplo · udplo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dublê" for "duplo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dublê" is a noun and "duplo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dublê" or "duplo"?
"duplo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,388 in our Portuguese list, against #30,117 for "dublê". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "dublê" and "duplo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dublê" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "duplo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dublê" and "duplo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dub vs dublê". 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 #32,738 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