Which to use
“sismo” and “sítio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,672
- “sismo” frequency rank
- #1,908
- “sítio” frequency rank
- 29580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sismo | sítio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | designação científica do terremoto | lugar; local; localidade; povoação |
Letter map: sismo vs sítio
Shared letters muted; letters that set sismo and sítio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - sismo / sítio
sismo and sítio 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sismo is recorded at frequency rank #27,672, classified as anoun. 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 29580, this pair ranks #39,004 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sismo vs sítio
Shared letters: ios. Private to "sismo": m. Private to "sítio": tí.
"sismo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sítio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sismo ← issmo · simso · sismmo · sisom · sissmo · ssimo · ssismo
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "sismo" 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 #39,004 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sismo" and "sítio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sadismo vs sismo". 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 #39,004 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.