Which to use
“risco” and “rosca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,084
- “risco” frequency rank
- #29,898
- “rosca” frequency rank
- 30982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | risco | rosca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | delineamento; modelo; plano; planta; sulco; traçado; traço | coisa redonda e roliça que, ao fechar-se, forma um círculo ou um oval, deixando no meio um espaço vazio |
Where the eye mixes risco and rosca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses risco with rosca
A purely visual mix-up. risco (/ˈRiʃ.ku/) and rosca (/ˈRoʃ.kɐ/) 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 30982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
risco is recorded at frequency rank #1,084, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRiʃ.ku/. rosca is at rank #29,898, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRoʃ.kɐ/.
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 30982, this pair ranks #37,242 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of risco vs rosca
Shared letters: cors. Private to "risco": i. Private to "rosca": a.
"risco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "rosca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "risco" for "rosca" ever safe?
Frequency check: "risco" vs "rosca" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "risco" and "rosca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "risco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rosca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,242 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "risco" and "rosca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rasca vs rosca". 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 #37,242 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.