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Which to use

“intacto” and “invicto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,898
“intacto” frequency rank
#18,899
“invicto” frequency rank
37797
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intacto invicto
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Where the eye mixes intacto and invicto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. intacto and invicto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
intacto
7 ch
invicto

Look-alike desk: intacto vs invicto

A purely visual mix-up. intacto (/ĩ.ˈtak.tu/) and invicto (/ĩ.ˈvik.tu/) 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 37797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intacto is recorded at frequency rank #18,898, classified as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈtak.tu/. invicto is at rank #18,899, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.ˈvik.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 37797, this pair ranks #28,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of intacto vs invicto

Shared letters: cinot. Private to "intacto": a. Private to "invicto": v.

"intacto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "invicto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • intacto ← inatcto · inntacto · intaccto · intacot · intactto · intatco · intcato · inttacto
  • invicto ← inivcto · innvicto · invcito · inviccto · invicot · invictto · invitco · invvicto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intacto" and "invicto" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ĩ.ˈtak.tu/ versus /ĩ.ˈvik.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "intacto" or "invicto"?
"intacto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,898 in our Portuguese list, against #18,899 for "invicto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "intacto" and "invicto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intacto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invicto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intacto" and "invicto" 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 #28,775 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