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

#857
“rádio” frequency rank
#16,866
“rodeio” frequency rank
17723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rádio rodeio
Definition elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urânio, e é produzido por decaimento radioativo; é utilizado na medicina para tratamento de câncer e, em laboratórios, como fonte de neutrons para análise de materiais ato ou efeito de rodear alguém ou alguma coisa

Letter map: rádio vs rodeio

Shared letters muted; letters that set rádio and rodeio apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. rádio runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against rodeio's 6 (CVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
rádio
6 ch
rodeio

Spelling & dictionary notes on rádio vs rodeio

rádio and rodeio 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 17723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rádio is recorded at frequency rank #857, classified as anoun. rodeio is at rank #16,866, 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 17723, this pair ranks #53,453 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rádio vs rodeio

Shared letters: dior. Private to "rádio": á. Private to "rodeio": e.

"rádio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "rodeio" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rodeio ← ordeio · rdoeio · roddeio · rodeoi · rodieo · roedio · rrodeio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rádio" and "rodeio" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "rádio" or "rodeio"?
"rádio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #857 in our Portuguese list, against #16,866 for "rodeio". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rádio" and "rodeio".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rádio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rodeio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,453 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rádio" and "rodeio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rodeio vs rossio". 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 #53,453 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