alegaçãovsanexaçãoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,382
“alegação” frequency rank
#23,890
“anexação” frequency rank
35272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alegação anexação
Definition arrazoado em favor de uma causa ato ou efeito de anexar(-se)

Where the eye mixes alegação and anexação

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alegação and anexação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
alegação
8 ch
anexação

Look-alike desk: alegação vs anexação

A purely visual mix-up. alegação (/ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and anexação (/ɐ.nɛ.ksɐ.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 35272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alegação is recorded at frequency rank #11,382, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. anexação is at rank #23,890, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.nɛ.ksɐ.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 35272, this pair ranks #31,787 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alegação vs anexação

Shared letters: aeoãç. Private to "alegação": gl. Private to "anexação": nx.

"alegação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV  ·  "anexação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alegação" and "anexação" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /ɐ.nɛ.ksɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "alegação" or "anexação"?
"alegação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,382 in our Portuguese list, against #23,890 for "anexação". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "alegação" and "anexação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alegação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anexação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,787 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alegação" and "anexação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abnegação vs anexação". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #31,787 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list