Which to use
“rasto” and “rosto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,450
- “rasto” frequency rank
- #1,199
- “rosto” frequency rank
- 39649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rasto | rosto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vestígio da passagem de alguém ou de algum animal; indício, pegada, pista | face, cara |
Letter map: rasto vs rosto
Shared letters muted; letters that set rasto and rosto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. rasto and rosto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: rasto and rosto
rasto and rosto 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 - a in “rasto” becomes o in “rosto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rasto is recorded at frequency rank #38,450, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRaʃ.tu/. 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 39649, this pair ranks #26,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rasto vs rosto
Shared letters: orst. Private to "rasto": a. Private to "rosto": -.
"rasto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rosto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rasto" and "rosto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "rasto" vs "rosto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "rasto" and "rosto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "rasto" 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 #26,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rasto" and "rosto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasto 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 #26,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.