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Which to use

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

#40,771
“rogo” frequency rank
#3,167
“rota” frequency rank
43938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rogo rota
Definition pedido itinerário que se percorre para ir de um lugar para outro; caminho; direção; rumo

Where the eye mixes rogo and rota

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. rogo and rota follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
rogo
4 ch
rota

Look-alike desk: rogo vs rota

A purely visual mix-up. rogo (/ˈRo.ɡu/) and rota (/ˈRɔ.tɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43938, 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/. rota is at rank #3,167, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRɔ.tɐ/.

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 43938, this pair ranks #21,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rogo vs rota

Shared letters: or. Private to "rogo": g. Private to "rota": at.

"rogo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rogo ← rgoo · roggo · roog · rrogo
  • rota ← orta · roat · rotta · rrota · rtoa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rogo" for "rota" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈRo.ɡu/ versus /ˈRɔ.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rogo" or "rota" show up more?
"rota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,167 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

Eye-level mix-up between "rogo" and "rota" 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 "rota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rogo" and "rota" 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 #21,628 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