Which to use
“audição” is a noun and “audio” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,865
- “audição” frequency rank
- #10,138
- “audio” frequency rank
- 18003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | audição | audio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o ato de ouvir, escutar | ouvir, escutar. |
Where the eye mixes audição and audio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. audição runs 7 letters (VVCVCVV) against audio's 5 (VVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: audição vs audio
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: audição is /aw.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while audio is /ˈau.di.oː/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
audição is recorded at frequency rank #7,865, classified as anoun, pronounced /aw.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. audio is at rank #10,138, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈau.di.oː/.
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 18003, this pair ranks #53,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of audição vs audio
Shared letters: adiou. Private to "audição": ãç. Private to "audio": -.
"audição" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVV · "audio" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- audio ← aduio · auddio · audoi · auido · uadio
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "audição" and "audio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "audição" vs "audio" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "audição" and "audio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "audição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "audio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "audição" and "audio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "audaz vs audio". 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 #53,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.