abdicação vs aplicação, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#32,826
“abdicação” frequency rank: #2,706
“aplicação” frequency rank: 35532
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	abdicação	aplicação
Definition	renúncia	ato de aplicar

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set abdicação and aplicação apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch

abdicação

9 ch

aplicação

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. abdicação (/ɐb.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and aplicação (/ɐ.pli.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abdicação is recorded at frequency rank #32,826, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐb.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. aplicação is at rank #2,706, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pli.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

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 35532, this pair ranks #31,520 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abdicação vs aplicação

Shared letters: acioãç. Private to "abdicação": bd. Private to "aplicação": lp.

"abdicação" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "aplicação" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV

Frequency comparison

abdicação#32,826

aplicação#2,706

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abdicação" and "aplicação" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ɐb.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /ɐ.pli.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "abdicação" or "aplicação"?

"aplicação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,706 in our Portuguese list, against #32,826 for "abdicação". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering abdicação vs aplicação

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