regovsrogoConfusable pair

Which to use

“rego” and “rogo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,864
“rego” frequency rank
#40,771
“rogo” frequency rank
62635
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rego rogo
Definition sulco que abre o arado pedido

Where the eye mixes rego and rogo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rego 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
rego
4 ch
rogo

Visual trap between rego and rogo

A purely visual mix-up. rego (/ˈRe.ɡu/) and rogo (/ˈRo.ɡu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “rego” becomes o in “rogo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rego is recorded at frequency rank #21,864, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRe.ɡu/. 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 62635, this pair ranks #6,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rego vs rogo

Shared letters: gor. Private to "rego": e. Private to "rogo": -.

"rego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rego ← ergo · reggo · reog · rgeo · rrego
  • rogo ← rgoo · roggo · roog · rrogo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rego" for "rogo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈRe.ɡu/ versus /ˈRo.ɡu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rego" or "rogo"?
"rego" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,864 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rego" 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 #6,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rego" 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 #6,564 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