Which to use
“interino” and “interior” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,065
- “interino” frequency rank
- #987
- “interior” frequency rank
- 10052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interino | interior |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | provisório; diz-se de quem exerce funções só durante o tempo de impedimento do funcionário efetivo | refere-se à parte de dentro de alguma coisa |
Where the eye mixes interino and interior
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between interino and interior
A purely visual mix-up. interino (/ĩ.tɨ.ˈɾi.nu/) and interior (/ĩ.tɨ.ˈɾjoɾ/) 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 10052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interino is recorded at frequency rank #9,065, classified as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.tɨ.ˈɾi.nu/. interior is at rank #987, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ĩ.tɨ.ˈɾjoɾ/.
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 10052, this pair ranks #63,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of interino vs interior
Shared letters: einort. Private to "interino": -. Private to "interior": -.
"interino" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "interior" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interino" for "interior" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "interino" or "interior" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "interino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interior" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interino" and "interior" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interior vs internar". 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 #63,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.