incestovsinjustoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: incesto is a noun, injusto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“incesto” is a noun and “injusto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,780
“incesto” frequency rank
#8,066
“injusto” frequency rank
29846
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature incesto injusto
Definition união ilícita entre parentes próximos, em grau proibido por lei oposto à justiça

Letter map: incesto vs injusto

Shared letters muted; letters that set incesto and injusto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. incesto and injusto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
incesto
7 ch
injusto

Role in the sentence - incesto and injusto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: incesto is anoun and injustoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

incesto is recorded at frequency rank #21,780, classified as anoun. injusto is at rank #8,066, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈʒuʃ.tu/.

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 29846, this pair ranks #38,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of incesto vs injusto

Shared letters: inost. Private to "incesto": ce. Private to "injusto": ju.

"incesto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "injusto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • incesto ← icnesto · inccesto · incesot · incessto · incestto · incetso · incseto · inecsto
  • injusto ← ijnusto · injjusto · injsuto · injusot · injussto · injustto · injutso · innjusto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "incesto" and "injusto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "incesto" is a noun and "injusto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "incesto" vs "injusto" - which ranks higher?
"injusto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,066 in our Portuguese list, against #21,780 for "incesto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "incesto" and "injusto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "incesto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "injusto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "incesto" and "injusto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incenso vs incesto". 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 #38,708 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