islâmicovsislamismoConfusable pair

Quick tell: islâmico is a adjective, islamismo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

8 ch
islâmico
9 ch
islamismo

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": . Private to "islamismo": a.

"islâmico" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "islamismo" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • islamismoilsamismo · isalmismo · islaimsmo · islamimso · islamismmo · islamisom · islamissmo · islammismo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "islâmico" for "islamismo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "islâmico" is an adjective and "islamismo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "islâmico" vs "islamismo" - which ranks higher?
"islâmico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,536 in our Portuguese list, against #16,098 for "islamismo". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list