Which to use
“injusto” is an adjective and “intuito” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,066
- “injusto” frequency rank
- #3,913
- “intuito” frequency rank
- 11979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | injusto | intuito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | oposto à justiça | intenção |
Where the eye mixes injusto and intuito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. injusto (VCCVCCV) and intuito (VCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between injusto and intuito
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: injusto is /ĩ.ˈʒuʃ.tu/ while intuito is /ĩ.ˈtuj.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
injusto is recorded at frequency rank #8,066, classified as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈʒuʃ.tu/. intuito is at rank #3,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.ˈtuj.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 11979, this pair ranks #60,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of injusto vs intuito
Shared letters: inotu. Private to "injusto": js. Private to "intuito": -.
"injusto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "intuito" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "injusto" and "intuito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "injusto" or "intuito"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "injusto" and "intuito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "injusto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intuito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "injusto" and "intuito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infusão vs injusto". 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 #60,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.