registovsresistaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: registo is a noun, resista is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“registo” is a noun and “resista” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,248
“registo” frequency rank
#27,254
“resista” frequency rank
32502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature registo resista
Definition ato ou efeito de registar (registrar) primeira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo resistir

Where the eye mixes registo and resista

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. registo and resista follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
registo
7 ch
resista

Why the eye confuses registo with resista

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: registo is /Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/ while resista is /χe.ˈzis.tɐ/. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

registo is recorded at frequency rank #5,248, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈʒiʃ.tu/. resista is at rank #27,254, tagged as averb, pronounced /χe.ˈzis.tɐ/.

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 32502, this pair ranks #35,287 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of registo vs resista

Shared letters: eirst. Private to "registo": go. Private to "resista": a.

"registo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "resista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • registo ← ergisto · reggisto · regisot · regissto · registto · regitso · regsito · reigsto
  • resista ← ersista · reissta · resisat · resissta · resistta · resitsa · ressista · ressita

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "registo" and "resista" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "registo" is a noun and "resista" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "registo" or "resista"?
"registo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,248 in our Portuguese list, against #27,254 for "resista". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "registo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,287 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "registo" and "resista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resista vs revistar". 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 #35,287 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