notáriovsnoturnoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#42,571
“notário” frequency rank
#7,955
“noturno” frequency rank
50526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature notário noturno
Definition o mesmo que tabelião relativo à noite (período entre o pôr-do-sol até o nascer-do-sol)

Letter map: notário vs noturno

Shared letters muted; letters that set notário and noturno apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. notário (CVCVCVV) and noturno (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
notário
7 ch
noturno

Grammar separator: notário vs noturno

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: notário is anoun and noturnoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

notário is recorded at frequency rank #42,571, classified as anoun. noturno is at rank #7,955, tagged as anadj, pronounced /noˈtuʁ.nu/ [noˈtuɦ.nu].

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 50526, this pair ranks #14,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of notário vs noturno

Shared letters: nort. Private to "notário": iá. Private to "noturno": u.

"notário" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "noturno" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • noturno ← nnoturno · notruno · notturno · notunro · noturnno · noturon · noturrno · noutrno

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "notário" and "noturno" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "notário" is a noun and "noturno" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "notário" or "noturno"?
"noturno" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,955 in our Portuguese list, against #42,571 for "notário". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "notário" vs "noturno" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "notário" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noturno" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "notário" and "noturno" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "notação vs notário". 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 #14,436 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