autópsiavsautoriaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“autópsia” and “autoria” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,239
“autópsia” frequency rank
#3,599
“autoria” frequency rank
32838
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature autópsia autoria
Definition exame, inspeção de si próprio qualidade ou condição de autor

Letter map: autópsia vs autoria

Shared letters muted; letters that set autópsia and autoria apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. autópsia runs 8 letters (VVCVCCVV) against autoria's 7 (VVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
autópsia
7 ch
autoria

Pair insight - autópsia / autoria

autópsia and autoria are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

autópsia is recorded at frequency rank #29,239, classified as anoun, pronounced /aw.ˈtɔ.psjɐ/. autoria is at rank #3,599, tagged as anoun.

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 32838, this pair ranks #34,844 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of autópsia vs autoria

Shared letters: aitu. Private to "autópsia": psó. Private to "autoria": or.

"autópsia" · 8 letters · shape VVCVCCVV  ·  "autoria" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • autoria ← atuoria · auotria · autoira · autorai · autorria · autroia · auttoria · uatoria

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "autópsia" for "autoria" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "autópsia" or "autoria"?
"autoria" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,599 in our Portuguese list, against #29,239 for "autópsia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "autópsia" and "autoria". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "autópsia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "autoria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,844 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "autópsia" and "autoria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adutora vs autoria". 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 #34,844 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list