reeleitovsrelentoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,220
“reeleito” frequency rank
#49,140
“relento” frequency rank
63360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reeleito relento
Definition que se elegeu para um novo mandato consecutivo umidade da noite

Where the eye mixes reeleito and relento

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
reeleito
7 ch
relento

Visual trap between reeleito and relento

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reeleito is /ʀəiˈlɐjtu/ while relento is /Rɨ.ˈlẽ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reeleito is recorded at frequency rank #14,220, classified as anadj, pronounced /ʀəiˈlɐjtu/. relento is at rank #49,140, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈlẽ.tu/.

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 63360, this pair ranks #6,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reeleito vs relento

Shared letters: elort. Private to "reeleito": i. Private to "relento": n.

"reeleito" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCV  ·  "relento" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reeleitoereleito · reeelito · reeleiot · reeleitto · reeletio · reelieto · reelleito · releeito
  • relentoerlento · reelnto · relennto · relenot · relentto · reletno · rellento · relneto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reeleito" for "relento" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reeleito" is an adjective and "relento" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "reeleito" or "relento" show up more?
"reeleito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,220 in our Portuguese list, against #49,140 for "relento". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reeleito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reeleito" and "relento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refeito vs relento". 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 #6,226 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