engodovsêxodoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“engodo” and “êxodo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,833
“engodo” frequency rank
#14,269
“êxodo” frequency rank
59102
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature engodo êxodo
Definition isca para pesca emigração de todo um povo ou saída de pessoas em massa

Where the eye mixes engodo and êxodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
engodo
5 ch
êxodo

Why the eye confuses engodo with êxodo

A purely visual mix-up. engodo (/ẽ.ˈɡo.du/) and êxodo (/ˈe.zɘ.dʊ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

engodo is recorded at frequency rank #44,833, classified as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈɡo.du/. êxodo is at rank #14,269, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈe.zɘ.dʊ/.

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 59102, this pair ranks #8,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of engodo vs êxodo

Shared letters: do. Private to "engodo": egn. Private to "êxodo": .

"engodo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "êxodo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • engodoegnodo · engdoo · enggodo · engoddo · engood · enngodo · enogdo · negodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "engodo" and "êxodo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ẽ.ˈɡo.du/ versus /ˈe.zɘ.dʊ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "engodo" vs "êxodo" - which ranks higher?
"êxodo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,269 in our Portuguese list, against #44,833 for "engodo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "engodo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "êxodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "engodo" and "êxodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engodo vs enjoo". 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 #8,372 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