Which to use
“afinação” and “agitação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,224
- “afinação” frequency rank
- #9,613
- “agitação” frequency rank
- 40837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afinação | agitação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de afinar | ato de agitar |
Where the eye mixes afinação and agitação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. afinação and agitação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: afinação vs agitação
A purely visual mix-up. afinação (/ɐ.fi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and agitação (/ɐ.ʒi.tɐ.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 40837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afinação is recorded at frequency rank #31,224, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.fi.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. agitação is at rank #9,613, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ʒi.tɐ.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 40837, this pair ranks #25,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of afinação vs agitação
Shared letters: aioãç. Private to "afinação": fn. Private to "agitação": gt.
"afinação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "agitação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afinação" and "agitação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "afinação" or "agitação" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "afinação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afinação" and "agitação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afinação vs afinado". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.