rojovsrolaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rojo is a adjective, rola is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rojo” is an adjective and “rola” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,505
“rojo” frequency rank
#6,582
“rola” frequency rank
36087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rojo rola
Definition vermelho pequena ave da família dos columbídeos, semelhante à pomba

Letter map: rojo vs rola

Shared letters muted; letters that set rojo and rola apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
rojo
4 ch
rola

Grammar separator: rojo vs rola

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rojo is anadjective and rolaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rojo is recorded at frequency rank #29,505, classified as anadj. rola is at rank #6,582, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɾo.lɐ/.

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 36087, this pair ranks #30,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rojo vs rola

Shared letters: or. Private to "rojo": j. Private to "rola": al.

"rojo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rojoorjo · rjoo · rojjo · rooj · rrojo
  • rolarloa · rolla · rrola

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rojo" and "rola" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rojo" is an adjective and "rola" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "rojo" or "rola" show up more?
"rola" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,582 in our Portuguese list, against #29,505 for "rojo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rojo" and "rola".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rojo" and "rola" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robe vs rojo". 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 #30,795 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