robotvsrogoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#16,864
“robot” frequency rank
#40,771
“rogo” frequency rank
57635
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature robot rogo
Definition robô pedido

Where the eye mixes robot and rogo

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

5 ch
robot
4 ch
rogo

Look-alike desk: robot vs rogo

A purely visual mix-up. robot (/ʁo.bo/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

robot is recorded at frequency rank #16,864, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʁo.bo/. 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 57635, this pair ranks #9,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of robot vs rogo

Shared letters: or. Private to "robot": bt. Private to "rogo": g.

"robot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • robotorbot · rboot · robbot · robott · robto · roobt · rrobot
  • rogorgoo · roggo · roog · rrogo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "robot" for "rogo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ʁo.bo/ versus /ˈRo.ɡu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "robot" vs "rogo" - which ranks higher?
"robot" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,864 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "robot" 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 #9,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "robot" 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 #9,215 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