infartovsintactoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,085
“infarto” frequency rank
#18,898
“intacto” frequency rank
30983
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature infarto intacto
Definition lesão tecidual isquêmica irreversível não tocado

Letter map: infarto vs intacto

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

7 ch
infarto
7 ch
intacto

Part-of-speech tell for infarto / intacto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: infarto is anoun and intactoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

infarto is recorded at frequency rank #12,085, classified as anoun. intacto is at rank #18,898, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈtak.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 30983, this pair ranks #37,241 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of infarto vs intacto

Shared letters: ainot. Private to "infarto": fr. Private to "intacto": c.

"infarto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "intacto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infarto ← ifnarto · inafrto · infarot · infarrto · infartto · infatro · inffarto · infrato
  • intacto ← inatcto · inntacto · intaccto · intacot · intactto · intatco · intcato · inttacto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "infarto" and "intacto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "infarto" is a noun and "intacto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "infarto" vs "intacto" - which ranks higher?
"infarto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,085 in our Portuguese list, against #18,898 for "intacto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "infarto" and "intacto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "infarto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "intacto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,241 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "infarto" and "intacto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inato vs intacto". 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 #37,241 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