Which to use
“alimentação” and “amamentação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,449
- “alimentação” frequency rank
- #27,347
- “amamentação” frequency rank
- 30796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentação | amamentação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de alimentar | ato ou efeito de amamentar |
Where the eye mixes alimentação and amamentação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. alimentação and amamentação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between alimentação and amamentação
A purely visual mix-up. alimentação (/ɐ.li.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and amamentação (/ɐ.mɐ.mẽⁿ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃u̯/) 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 30796, 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/. amamentação is at rank #27,347, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.mɐ.mẽⁿ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃u̯/.
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 30796, this pair ranks #37,463 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimentação vs amamentação
Shared letters: aemnotãç. Private to "alimentação": il. Private to "amamentação": -.
"alimentação" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVV · "amamentação" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alimentação" and "amamentação" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "alimentação" vs "amamentação" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amamentação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,463 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentação" and "amamentação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentação vs alimentício". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #37,463 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.