belémvsbelezaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: belém is a noun, beleza is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“belém” is a noun and “beleza” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,789
“belém” frequency rank
#1,091
“beleza” frequency rank
5880
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature belém beleza
Definition presépio do Natal, representação com figurinhas do cenário de nascimento de Cristo bem

Letter map: belém vs beleza

Shared letters muted; letters that set belém and beleza apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
belém
6 ch
beleza

Grammar separator: belém vs beleza

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: belém is anoun and belezaanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

belém is recorded at frequency rank #4,789, classified as anoun, pronounced /be.'lɛŋ/. beleza is at rank #1,091, tagged as anadv.

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 5880, this pair ranks #68,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of belém vs beleza

Shared letters: bel. Private to "belém": . Private to "beleza": az.

"belém" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "beleza" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • belezabbeleza · beelza · beleaz · belezza · belleza · belzea · bleeza · ebleza

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "belém" and "beleza" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "belém" is a noun and "beleza" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "belém" or "beleza" show up more?
"beleza" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,091 in our Portuguese list, against #4,789 for "belém". 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 "belém" and "beleza". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "belém" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "beleza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "belém" and "beleza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "belém vs bile". 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 #68,661 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