Which to use
“armação” and “armário” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,177
- “armação” frequency rank
- #6,612
- “armário” frequency rank
- 18789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | armação | armário |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de armar | móvel, normalmente de madeira ou metal, e que normalmente apresenta portas e prateleiras |
Where the eye mixes armação and armário
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. armação and armário follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses armação with armário
A purely visual mix-up. armação (/aχ.ma.ˈsɐ̃w/) and armário (/ɐɾ.ˈma.ɾju/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
armação is recorded at frequency rank #12,177, classified as anoun, pronounced /aχ.ma.ˈsɐ̃w/. armário is at rank #6,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐɾ.ˈma.ɾju/.
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 18789, this pair ranks #52,118 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of armação vs armário
Shared letters: amor. Private to "armação": ãç. Private to "armário": iá.
"armação" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "armário" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "armação" and "armário" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "armação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armário" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,118 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "armação" and "armário" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "armação vs arrumação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,118 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.