Which to use
“escalão” and “escolho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,000
- “escalão” frequency rank
- #12,053
- “escolho” frequency rank
- 22053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escalão | escolho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nível hierárquico | rochedo submerso que pode danificar embarcações |
Where the eye mixes escalão and escolho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. escalão (VCCVCVV) and escolho (VCCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: escalão vs escolho
A purely visual mix-up. escalão (/iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/) and escolho (/iʃ.ˈko.ʎu/) 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 22053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escalão is recorded at frequency rank #10,000, classified as anoun, pronounced /iʃ.kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. escolho is at rank #12,053, tagged as anoun, pronounced /iʃ.ˈko.ʎu/.
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 22053, this pair ranks #48,081 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escalão vs escolho
Shared letters: celos. Private to "escalão": aã. Private to "escolho": h.
"escalão" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "escolho" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- escolho ← ecsolho · esccolho · escloho · escohlo · escolhho · escollho · escoloh · esoclho
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escalão" for "escolho" ever safe?
Which is more common, "escalão" or "escolho"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "escalão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escolho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,081 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escalão" and "escolho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escalão vs estalo". 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 #48,081 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.