plantãovsplantioWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#8,939
“plantão” frequency rank
#10,772
“plantio” frequency rank
19711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plantão plantio
Definition serviço policial, distribuído diariamente a um soldado, dentro da própria caserna, companhia ou bataria ato ou efeito de plantar

Letter map: plantão vs plantio

Shared letters muted; letters that set plantão and plantio apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. plantão and plantio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
plantão
7 ch
plantio

Corpus notes: plantão and plantio

plantão and plantio 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 - ã in “plantão” becomes i in “plantio”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

plantão is recorded at frequency rank #8,939, classified as anoun, pronounced /plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. plantio is at rank #10,772, tagged as anoun.

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 19711, this pair ranks #50,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of plantão vs plantio

Shared letters: alnopt. Private to "plantão": ã. Private to "plantio": i.

"plantão" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV  ·  "plantio" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plantio ← lpantio · palntio · planito · planntio · plantoi · planttio · platnio · pllantio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "plantão" and "plantio" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - ã in “plantão” becomes i in “plantio”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "plantão" or "plantio"?
"plantão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,939 in our Portuguese list, against #10,772 for "plantio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "plantão" and "plantio". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "plantão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "plantio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plantão" and "plantio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plantio vs platô". 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 #50,967 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