voltvsvultoConfusable pair

Which to use

“volt” and “vulto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,827
“volt” frequency rank
#30,780
“vulto” frequency rank
66607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volt vulto
Definition unidade de medida de voltagem; o mesmo que vóltio rosto

Where the eye mixes volt and vulto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
volt
5 ch
vulto

Look-alike desk: volt vs vulto

A purely visual mix-up. volt (/ˈvɔɫt/) and vulto (/ˈvuɫ.tu/) 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 66607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volt is recorded at frequency rank #35,827, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔɫt/. vulto is at rank #30,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvuɫ.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 66607, this pair ranks #4,929 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of volt vs vulto

Shared letters: lotv. Private to "volt": -. Private to "vulto": u.

"volt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "vulto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voltovlt · vlot · vollt · voltt · votl · vvolt
  • vultouvlto · vluto · vullto · vulot · vultto · vutlo · vvulto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "volt" and "vulto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈvɔɫt/ versus /ˈvuɫ.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "volt" vs "vulto" - which ranks higher?
"vulto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,780 in our Portuguese list, against #35,827 for "volt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "volt" and "vulto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "volt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vulto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,929 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volt" and "vulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs volt". 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 #4,929 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list