Which to use
“reinado” and “reino” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,950
- “reinado” frequency rank
- #1,323
- “reino” frequency rank
- 12273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reinado | reino |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tempo que dura o governo de um rei | estado que tem por soberano um rei ou uma rainha |
Where the eye mixes reinado and reino
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reinado runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against reino's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: reinado vs reino
A purely visual mix-up. reinado (/Rɐj.ˈna.du/) and reino (/ˈRɐj.nu/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reinado is recorded at frequency rank #10,950, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɐj.ˈna.du/. reino is at rank #1,323, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRɐj.nu/.
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 12273, this pair ranks #60,376 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reinado vs reino
Shared letters: einor. Private to "reinado": ad. Private to "reino": -.
"reinado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "reino" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reinado" and "reino" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reinado" or "reino"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "reinado" and "reino" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,376 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reinado" and "reino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reino vs rent". 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 #60,376 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.