Which to use
“audiência” and “ausência” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,003
- “audiência” frequency rank
- #2,353
- “ausência” frequency rank
- 4356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | audiência | ausência |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | atenção dada a quem fala | a não presença |
Where the eye mixes audiência and ausência
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. audiência runs 9 letters (VVCVVCCVV) against ausência's 8 (VVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: audiência vs ausência
A purely visual mix-up. audiência (/aw.ˈdjẽ.sjɐ/) and ausência (/aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
audiência is recorded at frequency rank #2,003, classified as anoun, pronounced /aw.ˈdjẽ.sjɐ/. ausência is at rank #2,353, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aw.ˈzẽ.sjɐ/.
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 4356, this pair ranks #70,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of audiência vs ausência
Shared letters: acinuê. Private to "audiência": d. Private to "ausência": s.
"audiência" · 9 letters · shape VVCVVCCVV · "ausência" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "audiência" and "ausência" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "audiência" vs "ausência" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "audiência" and "ausência" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "audiência" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ausência" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "audiência" and "ausência" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anuência vs ausência". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #70,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.