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Which to use

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

#16,866
“rodeio” frequency rank
#21,582
“rodeios” frequency rank
38448
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rodeio rodeios
Definition ato ou efeito de rodear alguém ou alguma coisa plural de rodeio

Letter map: rodeio vs rodeios

Shared letters muted; letters that set rodeio and rodeios apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. rodeio runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against rodeios's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rodeio
7 ch
rodeios

Spelling & dictionary notes on rodeio vs rodeios

rodeio and rodeios are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rodeio” sits inside “rodeios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rodeio is recorded at frequency rank #16,866, classified as anoun. rodeios is at rank #21,582, tagged as anoun.

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 38448, this pair ranks #28,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rodeio vs rodeios

Shared letters: deior. Private to "rodeio": -. Private to "rodeios": s.

"rodeio" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "rodeios" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rodeio ← ordeio · rdoeio · roddeio · rodeoi · rodieo · roedio · rrodeio
  • rodeios ← ordeios · rdoeios · roddeios · rodeioss · rodeiso · rodeois · rodieos · roedios

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rodeio" for "rodeios" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rodeio” sits inside “rodeios”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "rodeio" or "rodeios"?
"rodeio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,866 in our Portuguese list, against #21,582 for "rodeios". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "rodeio" and "rodeios". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rodeio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rodeios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rodeio" and "rodeios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rodeio vs rossio". 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 #28,007 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