escolhidovsescolhoTell them apart

Quick tell: escolhido is a adjective, escolho is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

9 ch
escolhido
7 ch
escolho

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

  • escolhido ← ecsolhido · esccolhido · esclohido · escohlido · escolhdio · escolhhido · escolhiddo · escolhiod
  • escolho ← ecsolho · esccolho · escloho · escohlo · escolhho · escollho · escoloh · esoclho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "escolhido" and "escolho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "escolhido" is an adjective and "escolho" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "escolhido" or "escolho" show up more?
"escolhido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,005 in our Portuguese list, against #12,053 for "escolho". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list