rolvsroxoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rol is a noun, roxo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#22,447
“rol” frequency rank
#8,106
“roxo” frequency rank
30553
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rol roxo
Definition lista; relação que tem uma cor que resulta da junção do encarnado com o azul

Letter map: rol vs roxo

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

3 ch
rol
4 ch
roxo

Part-of-speech tell for rol / roxo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rol is anoun and roxoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rol is recorded at frequency rank #22,447, classified as anoun. roxo is at rank #8,106, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈRo.ʃu/.

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 30553, this pair ranks #37,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rol vs roxo

Shared letters: or. Private to "rol": l. Private to "roxo": x.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • roxoorxo · roox · roxxo · rroxo · rxoo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rol" and "roxo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rol" is a noun and "roxo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rol" or "roxo"?
"roxo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,106 in our Portuguese list, against #22,447 for "rol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "roxo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rol" and "roxo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "robe vs rol". 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 #37,755 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