entregovsextremoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#16,508
“entrego” frequency rank
#5,099
“extremo” frequency rank
21607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrego extremo
Definition inteiro, completo, íntegro situado na extremidade

Letter map: entrego vs extremo

Shared letters muted; letters that set entrego and extremo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. entrego and extremo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
entrego
7 ch
extremo

Pair insight - entrego / extremo

entrego and extremo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrego is recorded at frequency rank #16,508, classified as anadj. extremo is at rank #5,099, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.ˈtɾe.mu/.

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 21607, this pair ranks #48,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrego vs extremo

Shared letters: eort. Private to "entrego": gn. Private to "extremo": mx.

"entrego" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV  ·  "extremo" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entregoenntrego · enrtego · entergo · entreggo · entreog · entrgeo · entrrego · enttrego
  • extremoetxremo · exrtemo · extermo · extremmo · extreom · extrmeo · extrremo · exttremo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entrego" for "extremo" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "entrego" or "extremo"?
"extremo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,099 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrego" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extremo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrego" and "extremo" 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 #48,604 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