Which to use
“cancelamento” and “congelamento” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,439
- “cancelamento” frequency rank
- #20,247
- “congelamento” frequency rank
- 28686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cancelamento | congelamento |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de cancelar, canceladura, cancelação | ato de congelar |
Where the eye mixes cancelamento and congelamento
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. cancelamento and congelamento follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cancelamento with congelamento
A purely visual mix-up. cancelamento (/kɐ̃.se.laˈmẽ.tu/) and congelamento (/kõ.ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cancelamento is recorded at frequency rank #8,439, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ̃.se.laˈmẽ.tu/. congelamento is at rank #20,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/.
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 28686, this pair ranks #40,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cancelamento vs congelamento
Shared letters: acelmnot. Private to "cancelamento": -. Private to "congelamento": g.
"cancelamento" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCCV · "congelamento" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cancelamento ← acncelamento · cacnelamento · canccelamento · cancealmento · cancelaemnto · cancelamennto · cancelamenot · cancelamentto
- congelamento ← ccongelamento · cnogelamento · cognelamento · coneglamento · congealmento · congelaemnto · congelamennto · congelamenot
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cancelamento" for "congelamento" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cancelamento" vs "congelamento" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cancelamento" and "congelamento" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cancelamento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelamento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #40,114 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.