janelavsjantaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,276
“janela” frequency rank
#21,493
“janta” frequency rank
23769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature janela janta
Definition buraco na parede, geralmente retangular, feito para permitir a entrada de luz e ar refeição da noite

Where the eye mixes janela and janta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
janela
5 ch
janta

Look-alike desk: janela vs janta

A purely visual mix-up. janela (/ʒɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/) and janta (/ˈʒɐ̃.tɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

janela is recorded at frequency rank #2,276, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʒɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/. janta is at rank #21,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʒɐ̃.tɐ/.

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 23769, this pair ranks #45,986 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of janela vs janta

Shared letters: ajn. Private to "janela": el. Private to "janta": t.

"janela" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "janta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • janelaajnela · jaenla · janeal · janella · janlea · jannela · jjanela · jnaela
  • jantaajnta · janat · jannta · jantta · jatna · jjanta · jnata

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "janela" for "janta" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ʒɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/ versus /ˈʒɐ̃.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "janela" vs "janta" - which ranks higher?
"janela" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,276 in our Portuguese list, against #21,493 for "janta". 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 "janela" and "janta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "janela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "janta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,986 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "janela" and "janta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jacto vs janta". 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 #45,986 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