rogovsrostoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#40,771
“rogo” frequency rank
#1,199
“rosto” frequency rank
41970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rogo rosto
Definition pedido face, cara

Letter map: rogo vs rosto

Shared letters muted; letters that set rogo and rosto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rogo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against rosto's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
rogo
5 ch
rosto

Pair insight - rogo / rosto

rogo and rosto 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41970, 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/. rosto is at rank #1,199, 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 41970, this pair ranks #23,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rogo vs rosto

Shared letters: or. Private to "rogo": g. Private to "rosto": st.

"rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rosto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rogo ← rgoo · roggo · roog · rrogo
  • rosto ← orsto · rosot · rossto · rostto · rotso · rrosto · rsoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rogo" and "rosto" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "rogo" vs "rosto" - which ranks higher?
"rosto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,199 in our Portuguese list, against #40,771 for "rogo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "rogo" and "rosto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rogo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rosto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,873 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rogo" and "rosto" 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 #23,873 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