rasovsrogoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: raso is a adjective, rogo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#25,454
“raso” frequency rank
#40,771
“rogo” frequency rank
66225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raso rogo
Definition não profundo pedido

Where the eye mixes raso and rogo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. raso and rogo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
raso
4 ch
rogo

Why the eye confuses raso with rogo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raso is /ˈRa.zu/ while rogo is /ˈRo.ɡu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raso is recorded at frequency rank #25,454, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈRa.zu/. rogo is at rank #40,771, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRo.ɡu/.

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 66225, this pair ranks #5,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of raso vs rogo

Shared letters: or. Private to "raso": as. Private to "rogo": g.

"raso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raso ← arso · raos · rasso · rraso · rsao
  • rogo ← rgoo · roggo · roog · rrogo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "raso" and "rogo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raso" is an adjective and "rogo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "raso" vs "rogo" - which ranks higher?
"raso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,454 in our Portuguese list, against #40,771 for "rogo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "raso" and "rogo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rogo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,071 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raso" and "rogo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robe vs rogo". 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 #5,071 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