logísticavslogísticoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: logística is a noun, logístico is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#8,220
“logística” frequency rank
#20,650
“logístico” frequency rank
28870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature logística logístico
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Letter map: logística vs logístico

Shared letters muted; letters that set logística and logístico apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. logística and logístico follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
logística
9 ch
logístico

Part-of-speech tell for logística / logístico

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: logística is anoun and logísticoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “logística” becomes o in “logístico”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

logística is recorded at frequency rank #8,220, classified as anoun. logístico is at rank #20,650, tagged as anadj.

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 28870, this pair ranks #39,890 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of logística vs logístico

Shared letters: cgilostí. Private to "logística": a. Private to "logístico": -.

"logística" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "logístico" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "logística" and "logístico" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "logística" is a noun and "logístico" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "logística" or "logístico" show up more?
"logística" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,220 in our Portuguese list, against #20,650 for "logístico". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "logística" vs "logístico" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "logística" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logístico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,890 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #39,890 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