entregavsentregoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#2,630
“entrega” frequency rank
#16,508
“entrego” frequency rank
19138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrega entrego
Definition o ato de entregar inteiro, completo, íntegro

Letter map: entrega vs entrego

Shared letters muted; letters that set entrega and entrego apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

7 ch
entrega
7 ch
entrego

Grammar separator: entrega vs entrego

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: entrega is anoun and entregoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “entrega” becomes o in “entrego”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrega is recorded at frequency rank #2,630, classified as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈtɾɛ.ɡɐ/. entrego is at rank #16,508, 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 19138, this pair ranks #51,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrega vs entrego

Shared letters: egnrt. Private to "entrega": a. Private to "entrego": o.

"entrega" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "entrego" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entregaenntrega · enrtega · enterga · entreag · entregga · entrgea · entrrega · enttrega
  • entregoenntrego · enrtego · entergo · entreggo · entreog · entrgeo · entrrego · enttrego

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entrega" and "entrego" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entrega" is a noun and "entrego" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "entrega" or "entrego" show up more?
"entrega" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,630 in our Portuguese list, against #16,508 for "entrego". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "entrega" and "entrego". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entrego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrega" and "entrego" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrego vs estrago". 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 #51,675 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