Which to use
“duque” and “duquesa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,145
- “duque” frequency rank
- #19,415
- “duquesa” frequency rank
- 26560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duque | duquesa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | título nobiliárquico do governante de um ducado | feminino de duque |
Where the eye mixes duque and duquesa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between duque and duquesa
A purely visual mix-up. duque (/ˈdu.kɨ/) and duquesa (/du.ˈke.zɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “duque” sits inside “duquesa”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duque is recorded at frequency rank #7,145, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdu.kɨ/. duquesa is at rank #19,415, tagged as anoun, pronounced /du.ˈke.zɐ/.
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 26560, this pair ranks #42,588 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of duque vs duquesa
Shared letters: dequ. Private to "duque": -. Private to "duquesa": as.
"duque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "duquesa" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "duque" and "duquesa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "duque" or "duquesa"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "duque" and "duquesa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "duque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duquesa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,588 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duque" and "duquesa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dublê vs duque". 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 #42,588 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.