Which to use
“túmulo” and “tumulto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,094
- “túmulo” frequency rank
- #15,230
- “tumulto” frequency rank
- 22324
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | túmulo | tumulto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar onde o corpo de um morto é enterrado | confusão, agitação, barulhada |
Letter map: túmulo vs tumulto
Shared letters muted; letters that set túmulo and tumulto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Spelling & dictionary notes on túmulo vs tumulto
túmulo and tumulto 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
túmulo is recorded at frequency rank #7,094, classified as anoun. tumulto is at rank #15,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tu.ˈmuɫ.tu/.
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 22324, this pair ranks #47,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of túmulo vs tumulto
Shared letters: lmotu. Private to "túmulo": ú. Private to "tumulto": -.
"túmulo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tumulto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tumulto ← tmuulto · ttumulto · tumluto · tummulto · tumullto · tumulot · tumultto · tumutlo
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "túmulo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tumulto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "túmulo" and "tumulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "templo vs túmulo". 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 #47,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.