Which to use
“adoção” and “audição” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,487
- “adoção” frequency rank
- #7,865
- “audição” frequency rank
- 13352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoção | audição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou resultado de adotar, de aceitar (alguém ou algo) | o ato de ouvir, escutar |
Where the eye mixes adoção and audição
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adoção runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against audição's 7 (VVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adoção and audição
A purely visual mix-up. adoção (/a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/) and audição (/aw.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 13352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adoção is recorded at frequency rank #5,487, classified as anoun, pronounced /a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 13352, this pair ranks #59,025 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adoção vs audição
Shared letters: adoãç. Private to "adoção": -. Private to "audição": iu.
"adoção" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "audição" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adoção" and "audição" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "adoção" or "audição" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoção" 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 #59,025 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoção" and "audição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abdução vs audição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,025 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.