rasgovsrussoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#35,752
“rasgo” frequency rank
#1,947
“russo” frequency rank
37699
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rasgo russo
Definition seccionamento parcial ou total da superfície de um corpo ou objeto; interrupção abrupta na continuidade daquela superfície relativo à Rússia, sua cultura e idioma

Letter map: rasgo vs russo

Shared letters muted; letters that set rasgo and russo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rasgo and russo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
rasgo
5 ch
russo

Grammar separator: rasgo vs russo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rasgo is anoun and russoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rasgo is recorded at frequency rank #35,752, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRaʒ.ɡu/. russo is at rank #1,947, 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 37699, this pair ranks #28,869 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rasgo vs russo

Shared letters: ors. Private to "rasgo": ag. Private to "russo": u.

"rasgo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "russo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rasgo ← arsgo · ragso · rasggo · rasog · rassgo · rrasgo · rsago
  • russo ← rrusso · rsuso · ruso · rusos · ursso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rasgo" and "russo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rasgo" is a noun and "russo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rasgo" or "russo" show up more?
"russo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,947 in our Portuguese list, against #35,752 for "rasgo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rasgo" and "russo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rasgo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "russo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,869 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rasgo" and "russo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasgo vs ratio". 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 #28,869 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