rasovsrostoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#25,454
“raso” frequency rank
#1,199
“rosto” frequency rank
26653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raso rosto
Definition não profundo face, cara

Letter map: raso vs rosto

Shared letters muted; letters that set raso and rosto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
raso
5 ch
rosto

Role in the sentence - raso and rosto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raso is anadjective and rostoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26653, 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/. rosto is at rank #1,199, 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 26653, this pair ranks #42,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raso vs rosto

Shared letters: ors. Private to "raso": a. Private to "rosto": t.

"raso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rosto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rasoarso · raos · rasso · rraso · rsao
  • rostoorsto · rosot · rossto · rostto · rotso · rrosto · rsoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "raso" and "rosto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raso" is an adjective and "rosto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "raso" vs "rosto" - which ranks higher?
"rosto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,199 in our Portuguese list, against #25,454 for "raso". 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 "raso" and "rosto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "raso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rosto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raso" and "rosto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs raso". 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 #42,457 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