Which to use
“sigilo” and “sítio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,977
- “sigilo” frequency rank
- #1,908
- “sítio” frequency rank
- 9885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sigilo | sítio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | convenção que indica segredo, sinete | lugar; local; localidade; povoação |
Where the eye mixes sigilo and sítio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sigilo runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against sítio's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sigilo and sítio
A purely visual mix-up. sigilo (/si.ˈʒi.lu/) and sítio (/ˈsi.tju/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sigilo is recorded at frequency rank #7,977, classified as anoun, pronounced /si.ˈʒi.lu/. sítio is at rank #1,908, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsi.tju/.
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 9885, this pair ranks #63,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sigilo vs sítio
Shared letters: ios. Private to "sigilo": gl. Private to "sítio": tí.
"sigilo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "sítio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sigilo ← isgilo · sgiilo · siggilo · sigillo · sigiol · siglio · siiglo · ssigilo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sigilo" and "sítio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sigilo" or "sítio" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sigilo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sítio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sigilo" and "sítio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sigilo vs silo". 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 #63,391 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.