Which to use
“flanco” and “frasco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,332
- “flanco” frequency rank
- #15,338
- “frasco” frequency rank
- 38670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flanco | frasco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lado (tanto em sentido geral como também especificamente em sentido militar e de anatomia) | vaso de vidro com gargalo estreito |
Where the eye mixes flanco and frasco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flanco and frasco follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between flanco and frasco
A purely visual mix-up. flanco (/ˈflɐ̃.ku/) and frasco (/ˈfɾaʃ.ku/) 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 38670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flanco is recorded at frequency rank #23,332, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈflɐ̃.ku/. frasco is at rank #15,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾaʃ.ku/.
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 38670, this pair ranks #27,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flanco vs frasco
Shared letters: acfo. Private to "flanco": ln. Private to "frasco": rs.
"flanco" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "frasco" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "flanco" for "frasco" ever safe?
Frequency check: "flanco" vs "frasco" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "flanco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frasco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flanco" and "frasco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fancy vs flanco". 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 #27,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.