Which to use
“Balança” and “balanço” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,006
- “Balança” frequency rank
- #6,987
- “balanço” frequency rank
- 15993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Balança | balanço |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | um dos signos do Zodíaco | movimento oscilatório |
Where the eye mixes Balança and balanço
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Balança and balanço follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Balança vs balanço
A purely visual mix-up. Balança (/bɜˈłɜ̃sɜ/) and balanço (/bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/) 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 a single letter - a in “Balança” becomes o in “balanço”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Balança is recorded at frequency rank #9,006, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɜˈłɜ̃sɜ/. balanço is at rank #6,987, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.su/.
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 15993, this pair ranks #55,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Balança vs balanço
Shared letters: ablnç. Private to "Balança": -. Private to "balanço": o.
"Balança" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "balanço" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Balança" for "balanço" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Balança" or "balanço" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Balança" and "balanço" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Balança" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "balanço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Balança" and "balanço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "balanço vs báltico". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #55,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.