Which to use
“vulcão” and “vulto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,987
- “vulcão” frequency rank
- #30,780
- “vulto” frequency rank
- 41767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vulcão | vulto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estrutura geológica pela qual são expelidas substâncias (geralmente magma) presentes no interior da Terra | rosto |
Where the eye mixes vulcão and vulto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vulcão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against vulto's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vulcão vs vulto
A purely visual mix-up. vulcão (/vuɫ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/) 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 41767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vulcão is recorded at frequency rank #10,987, classified as anoun, pronounced /vuɫ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/. 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 41767, this pair ranks #24,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vulcão vs vulto
Shared letters: louv. Private to "vulcão": cã. Private to "vulto": t.
"vulcão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "vulto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vulto ← uvlto · vluto · vullto · vulot · vultto · vutlo · vvulto
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vulcão" and "vulto" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vulcão" or "vulto" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vulcão" and "vulto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vulcão" 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 #24,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vulcão" and "vulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vulto". 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 #24,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.