violence vs violento, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#33,227
“violence” frequency rank: #6,488
“violento” frequency rank: 39715
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	violence	violento
Definition	violência	exercido com força

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set violence and violento apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

violence

8 ch

violento

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: violence is /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/ while violento is /vju.ˈlẽ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

violence is recorded at frequency rank #33,227, classified as anoun, pronounced /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /vjOlA~s/. violento is at rank #6,488, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vju.ˈlẽ.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 39715, this pair ranks #26,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violence vs violento

Shared letters: eilnov. Private to "violence": c. Private to "violento": t.

"violence" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "violento" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

violence ← ivolence · viloence · vioelnce · violecne · violencce · violenec · violennce · viollence
violento ← ivolento · viloento · vioelnto · violennto · violenot · violentto · violetno · viollento

Frequency comparison

violence#33,227

violento#6,488

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "violence" and "violento" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "violence" is a noun and "violento" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "violence" or "violento"?

"violento" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,488 in our Portuguese list, against #33,227 for "violence". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering violence vs violento

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “violence”; for an adjective, it's “violento”.
See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “violence” entry
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