NoivovsnojoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,669
“Noivo” frequency rank
#8,793
“nojo” frequency rank
16462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Noivo nojo
Definition por antonomásia, Jesus Cristo, segundo Apocalipse, o último livro da Bíblia Sagrada repugnância que uma pessoa ou coisa inspira, seja física ou moral

Letter map: Noivo vs nojo

Shared letters muted; letters that set Noivo and nojo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Noivo runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against nojo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Noivo
4 ch
nojo

Pair insight - Noivo / nojo

Noivo and nojo 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Noivo is recorded at frequency rank #7,669, classified as anoun. nojo is at rank #8,793, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈno.ʒu/.

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 16462, this pair ranks #55,061 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Noivo vs nojo

Shared letters: no. Private to "Noivo": iv. Private to "nojo": j.

"Noivo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "nojo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Noivo ← niovo · nnoivo · noiov · noivvo · novio · onivo
  • nojo ← njoo · nnojo · nojjo · nooj · onjo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Noivo" for "nojo" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Noivo" vs "nojo" - which ranks higher?
"Noivo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,669 in our Portuguese list, against #8,793 for "nojo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Noivo" vs "nojo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Noivo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nojo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,061 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Noivo" and "nojo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nojo vs noon". 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 #55,061 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