Which to use
“ameaça” and “ameixa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,080
- “ameaça” frequency rank
- #28,442
- “ameixa” frequency rank
- 30522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ameaça | ameixa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de ameaçar | fruta extraída da ameixeira |
Where the eye mixes ameaça and ameixa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ameaça and ameixa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses ameaça with ameixa
A purely visual mix-up. ameaça (/ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/) and ameixa (/a.ˈmej.ʃɐ/) 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 30522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ameaça is recorded at frequency rank #2,080, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈmja.sɐ/. ameixa is at rank #28,442, tagged as anoun, pronounced /a.ˈmej.ʃɐ/.
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 30522, this pair ranks #37,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ameaça vs ameixa
Shared letters: aem. Private to "ameaça": ç. Private to "ameixa": ix.
"ameaça" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "ameixa" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ameixa ← aemixa · ameiax · ameixxa · amexia · amiexa · ammeixa · maeixa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ameaça" for "ameixa" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ameaça" or "ameixa"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ameaça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ameixa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ameaça" and "ameixa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ameixa vs ateia". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #37,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.