Which to use
“islâmico” is an adjective and “islamismo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,536
- “islâmico” frequency rank
- #16,098
- “islamismo” frequency rank
- 23634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | islâmico | islamismo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo ao islamismo; referente ao islã/islame | religião monoteísta revelada pelo profeta Maomé no século VII d.C. |
Letter map: islâmico vs islamismo
Shared letters muted; letters that set islâmico and islamismo apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Grammar separator: islâmico vs islamismo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: islâmico is anadjective and islamismoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
islâmico is recorded at frequency rank #7,536, classified as anadj. islamismo is at rank #16,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced /iz.lã.ˈmiz.mu/.
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 23634, this pair ranks #46,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of islâmico vs islamismo
Shared letters: ilmos. Private to "islâmico": câ. Private to "islamismo": a.
"islâmico" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "islamismo" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- islamismo ← ilsamismo · isalmismo · islaimsmo · islamimso · islamismmo · islamisom · islamissmo · islammismo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "islâmico" for "islamismo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "islâmico" vs "islamismo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "islâmico" and "islamismo".
- Full dictionary entry for "islâmico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "islamismo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #46,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.