Which to use
“rogo” and “rolo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,771
- “rogo” frequency rank
- #9,250
- “rolo” frequency rank
- 50021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rogo | rolo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pedido | qualquer objeto cilíndrico mais ou menos alongado |
Where the eye mixes rogo and rolo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rogo and rolo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rogo vs rolo
A purely visual mix-up. rogo (/ˈRo.ɡu/) and rolo (/ˈRo.lu/) 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 a single letter - g in “rogo” becomes l in “rolo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rogo is recorded at frequency rank #40,771, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈRo.ɡu/. rolo is at rank #9,250, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRo.lu/.
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 50021, this pair ranks #14,963 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rogo vs rolo
Shared letters: or. Private to "rogo": g. Private to "rolo": l.
"rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rogo" and "rolo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rogo" or "rolo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "rogo" and "rolo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rogo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rolo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,963 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rogo" and "rolo" 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 #14,963 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.