restovsriscoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#974
“resto” frequency rank
#1,084
“risco” frequency rank
2058
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resto risco
Definition o que fica ou sobra delineamento; modelo; plano; planta; sulco; traçado; traço

Where the eye mixes resto and risco

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
resto
5 ch
risco

Look-alike desk: resto vs risco

A purely visual mix-up. resto (/ˈRɛʃ.tu/) and risco (/ˈRiʃ.ku/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resto is recorded at frequency rank #974, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRɛʃ.tu/. risco is at rank #1,084, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRiʃ.ku/.

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 2058, this pair ranks #73,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of resto vs risco

Shared letters: ors. Private to "resto": et. Private to "risco": ci.

"resto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "risco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • restoersto · resot · ressto · restto · retso · rresto · rseto
  • riscoirsco · ricso · riscco · risoc · rissco · rrisco · rsico

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "resto" and "risco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈRɛʃ.tu/ versus /ˈRiʃ.ku/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "resto" vs "risco" - which ranks higher?
"resto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #974 in our Portuguese list, against #1,084 for "risco". 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 "resto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "risco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resto" and "risco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resto vs rust". 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 #73,430 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