Which to use
“alimentação” is a noun and “alimentício” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,449
- “alimentação” frequency rank
- #38,980
- “alimentício” frequency rank
- 42429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentação | alimentício |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de alimentar | relativo à alimentação |
Where the eye mixes alimentação and alimentício
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. alimentação and alimentício follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: alimentação vs alimentício
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alimentação is /ɐ.li.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while alimentício is /ɐ.li.mẽ.ˈti.sju/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimentação is recorded at frequency rank #3,449, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.li.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. alimentício is at rank #38,980, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.li.mẽ.ˈti.sju/.
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 42429, this pair ranks #23,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimentação vs alimentício
Shared letters: aeilmnot. Private to "alimentação": ãç. Private to "alimentício": cí.
"alimentação" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVV · "alimentício" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alimentação" and "alimentício" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "alimentação" or "alimentício" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "alimentação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentício" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentação" and "alimentício" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentação vs amamentação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #23,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.