judaicovsjudaísmoTell them apart

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

Which to use

“judaico” is an adjective and “judaísmo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,025
“judaico” frequency rank
#20,642
“judaísmo” frequency rank
43667
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judaico judaísmo
Definition relativo aos judeus ou ao judaísmo religião monoteísta dos judeus

Letter map: judaico vs judaísmo

Shared letters muted; letters that set judaico and judaísmo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. judaico runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against judaísmo's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
judaico
8 ch
judaísmo

Role in the sentence - judaico and judaísmo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: judaico is anadjective and judaísmoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

judaico is recorded at frequency rank #23,025, classified as anadj, pronounced /ʒu.ˈdaj.ku/. judaísmo is at rank #20,642, tagged as anoun.

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 43667, this pair ranks #21,959 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of judaico vs judaísmo

Shared letters: adjou. Private to "judaico": ci. Private to "judaísmo": msí.

"judaico" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "judaísmo" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • judaico ← jduaico · jjudaico · juadico · judacio · judaicco · judaioc · juddaico · judiaco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "judaico" for "judaísmo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "judaico" is an adjective and "judaísmo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "judaico" vs "judaísmo" - which ranks higher?
"judaísmo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,642 in our Portuguese list, against #23,025 for "judaico". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "judaico" and "judaísmo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "judaico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "judaísmo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,959 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 #21,959 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