Which to use
“encalço” and “encargo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,392
- “encalço” frequency rank
- #27,847
- “encargo” frequency rank
- 61239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encalço | encargo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pegada | obrigação |
Where the eye mixes encalço and encargo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. encalço and encargo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between encalço and encargo
A purely visual mix-up. encalço (/ẽ.ˈkaɫ.su/) and encargo (/ẽ.ˈkaɾ.ɡu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encalço is recorded at frequency rank #33,392, classified as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈkaɫ.su/. encargo is at rank #27,847, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈkaɾ.ɡu/.
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 61239, this pair ranks #7,232 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encalço vs encargo
Shared letters: aceno. Private to "encalço": lç. Private to "encargo": gr.
"encalço" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "encargo" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encargo ← ecnargo · enacrgo · encagro · encarggo · encarog · encarrgo · enccargo · encrago
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encalço" for "encargo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "encalço" vs "encargo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "encalço" and "encargo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encalço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encargo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,232 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encalço" and "encargo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embargo vs encargo". 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 #7,232 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.