rodovsrolWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rodo is a verb, rol is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rodo” is a verb and “rol” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,079
“rodo” frequency rank
#22,447
“rol” frequency rank
59526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rodo rol
Definition roer lista; relação

Letter map: rodo vs rol

Shared letters muted; letters that set rodo and rol apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
rodo
3 ch
rol

Role in the sentence - rodo and rol

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rodo is averb and rolanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rodo is recorded at frequency rank #37,079, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈroː.doː/. rol is at rank #22,447, 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 59526, this pair ranks #8,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rodo vs rol

Shared letters: or. Private to "rodo": d. Private to "rol": l.

"rodo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rodoordo · rdoo · roddo · rood · rrodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rodo" and "rol" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rodo" is a verb and "rol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rodo" or "rol"?
"rol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,447 in our Portuguese list, against #37,079 for "rodo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "rodo" vs "rol" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rodo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rodo" and "rol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robe vs rodo". 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 #8,133 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