Which to use
“escuro” is an adjective and “escuta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,139
- “escuro” frequency rank
- #4,149
- “escuta” frequency rank
- 7288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escuro | escuta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não iluminado | ato ou efeito de escutar |
Letter map: escuro vs escuta
Shared letters muted; letters that set escuro and escuta apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. escuro and escuta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: escuro vs escuta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: escuro is anadjective and escutaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escuro is recorded at frequency rank #3,139, classified as anadj, pronounced /iʃ.ˈku.ɾu/. escuta is at rank #4,149, tagged as anoun.
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 7288, this pair ranks #66,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escuro vs escuta
Shared letters: cesu. Private to "escuro": or. Private to "escuta": at.
"escuro" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "escuta" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escuro" for "escuta" ever safe?
Which is more common, "escuro" or "escuta"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "escuro" and "escuta".
- Full dictionary entry for "escuro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escuta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escuro" and "escuta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escuro vs esmero". 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 #66,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.