entrevistavsextremistaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#1,115
“entrevista” frequency rank
#30,148
“extremista” frequency rank
31263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrevista extremista
Definition interação dinâmica entre entrevistador e entrevistado usando de perguntas e respostas de caráter objetivo, específico e elucidativo relativo ao extremismo

Letter map: entrevista vs extremista

Shared letters muted; letters that set entrevista and extremista apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.

10 ch
entrevista
10 ch
extremista

Role in the sentence - entrevista and extremista

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: entrevista is anoun and extremistaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrevista is recorded at frequency rank #1,115, classified as anoun. extremista is at rank #30,148, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.ˈmiʃ.tɐ/.

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 31263, this pair ranks #36,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrevista vs extremista

Shared letters: aeirst. Private to "entrevista": nv. Private to "extremista": mx.

"entrevista" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCV  ·  "extremista" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entrevistaenntrevista · enrtevista · entervista · entreivsta · entrevisat · entrevissta · entrevistta · entrevitsa
  • extremistaetxremista · exrtemista · extermista · extreimsta · extremisat · extremissta · extremistta · extremitsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entrevista" and "extremista" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entrevista" is a noun and "extremista" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "entrevista" or "extremista" show up more?
"entrevista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,115 in our Portuguese list, against #30,148 for "extremista". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "entrevista" vs "extremista" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "entrevista" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extremista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrevista" and "extremista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extremismo vs extremista". 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 #36,874 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