Which to use
“abdicar” is a verb and “audição” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,309
- “abdicar” frequency rank
- #7,865
- “audição” frequency rank
- 27174
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abdicar | audição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desistir | o ato de ouvir, escutar |
Where the eye mixes abdicar and audição
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. abdicar (VCCVCVC) and audição (VVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between abdicar and audição
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abdicar is /ɐb.di.ˈkaɾ/ while audição is /aw.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abdicar is recorded at frequency rank #19,309, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐb.di.ˈkaɾ/. audição is at rank #7,865, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aw.di.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 27174, this pair ranks #41,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abdicar vs audição
Shared letters: adi. Private to "abdicar": bcr. Private to "audição": ouãç.
"abdicar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "audição" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- abdicar ← abbdicar · abdciar · abddicar · abdiacr · abdicarr · abdiccar · abdicra · abidcar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abdicar" for "audição" ever safe?
Which is more common, "abdicar" or "audição"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "abdicar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "audição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abdicar" and "audição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abarcar vs abdicar". 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 #41,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.