Which to use
“perigo” is a noun and “primo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,902
- “perigo” frequency rank
- #2,792
- “primo” frequency rank
- 4694
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perigo | primo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | uma situação de ameaça | tipo de número que só é divisível por um e por si mesmo |
Letter map: perigo vs primo
Shared letters muted; letters that set perigo and primo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. perigo runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against primo's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for perigo / primo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: perigo is anoun and primoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perigo is recorded at frequency rank #1,902, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɨ.ˈɾi.ɡu/. primo is at rank #2,792, 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 4694, this pair ranks #70,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perigo vs primo
Shared letters: iopr. Private to "perigo": eg. Private to "primo": m.
"perigo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "primo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perigo" for "primo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "perigo" or "primo" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "perigo" and "primo".
- Full dictionary entry for "perigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "primo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perigo" and "primo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perigo vs périplo". 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 #70,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.