largovslogoConfusable pair

Quick tell: largo is a adjective, logo is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“largo” is an adjective and “logo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,157
“largo” frequency rank
#318
“logo” frequency rank
4475
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo logo
Definition que não é estreito; amplo, vasto imediatamente ou de imediato

Where the eye mixes largo and logo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
largo
4 ch
logo

Why the eye confuses largo with logo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: largo is /ˈlaɾ.ɡu/ while logo is /ˈlo.gu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #4,157, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈlaɾ.ɡu/. logo is at rank #318, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈlo.gu/.

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 4475, this pair ranks #70,410 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs logo

Shared letters: glo. Private to "largo": ar. Private to "logo": -.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "logo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • logolgoo · llogo · loggo · loog · olgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "largo" and "logo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "logo" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "largo" or "logo" show up more?
"logo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #318 in our Portuguese list, against #4,157 for "largo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,410 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "logo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loch vs logo". 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 #70,410 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