Which to use
“escolhido” is an adjective and “escolho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,005
- “escolhido” frequency rank
- #12,053
- “escolho” frequency rank
- 15058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escolhido | escolho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | preferido | rochedo submerso que pode danificar embarcações |
Letter map: escolhido vs escolho
Shared letters muted; letters that set escolhido and escolho apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. escolhido runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against escolho's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for escolhido / escolho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: escolhido is anadjective and escolhoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escolhido is recorded at frequency rank #3,005, classified as anadj. 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 15058, this pair ranks #56,876 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of escolhido vs escolho
Shared letters: cehlos. Private to "escolhido": di. Private to "escolho": -.
"escolhido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "escolho" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escolhido" and "escolho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "escolhido" or "escolho" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "escolhido" and "escolho".
- Full dictionary entry for "escolhido" 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 #56,876 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escolhido" and "escolho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escolho vs espólio". 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 #56,876 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.