Which to use
“violão” and “violino” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,369
- “violão” frequency rank
- #11,769
- “violino” frequency rank
- 17138
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violão | violino |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | guitarra acústica com cordas de nylon, concebida inicialmente para a interpretação de peças de música clássica cujo corpo é oco e feito de várias madeiras diferentes | instrumento musical de quatro cordas tocado com arco |
Where the eye mixes violão and violino
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. violão runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against violino's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between violão and violino
A purely visual mix-up. violão ([vio'lãw]) and violino (/vjuˈłinu/) 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 17138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violão is recorded at frequency rank #5,369, classified as anoun, pronounced [vio'lãw]. violino is at rank #11,769, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vjuˈłinu/.
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 17138, this pair ranks #54,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violão vs violino
Shared letters: ilov. Private to "violão": ã. Private to "violino": n.
"violão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "violino" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- violino ← ivolino · viloino · vioilno · violinno · violion · viollino · violnio · voilino
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "violão" and "violino" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "violão" or "violino" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "violão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violão" and "violino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violador vs violão". 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 #54,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.