longevslongoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#689
“longe” frequency rank
#479
“longo” frequency rank
1168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature longe longo
Definition distante de grande extensão, comprido

Letter map: longe vs longo

Shared letters muted; letters that set longe and longo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
longe
5 ch
longo

Spelling & dictionary notes on longe vs longo

longe and longo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - e in “longe” becomes o in “longo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

longe is recorded at frequency rank #689, classified as anadj. longo is at rank #479, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈlõ.ɡu/.

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 1168, this pair ranks #74,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of longe vs longo

Shared letters: glno. Private to "longe": e. Private to "longo": -.

"longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "longo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • longellonge · lnoge · logne · loneg · longge · lonnge · olnge
  • longollongo · lnogo · logno · longgo · lonngo · lonog · olngo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "longe" and "longo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - e in “longe” becomes o in “longo”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "longe" vs "longo" - which ranks higher?
"longo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #479 in our Portuguese list, against #689 for "longe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "longe" vs "longo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "longe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "longo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "longe" and "longo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lince vs longe". 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 #74,436 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