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.
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?
Which is more common, "alegação" or "anexação"?
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.