coincidevscoincidirConfusable pair

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

#15,047
“coincide” frequency rank
#24,567
“coincidir” frequency rank
39614
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coincide coincidir
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo coincidir; ajustar-se ou harmonizar-se, concordar

Letter map: coincide vs coincidir

Shared letters muted; letters that set coincide and coincidir apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

8 ch
coincide
9 ch
coincidir

Spelling & dictionary notes on coincide vs coincidir

coincide and coincidir 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 39614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coincide is recorded at frequency rank #15,047, classified as averb. coincidir is at rank #24,567, tagged as averb, pronounced /kwĩ.si.ˈdiɾ/.

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 39614, this pair ranks #26,603 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coincide vs coincidir

Shared letters: cdino. Private to "coincide": e. Private to "coincidir": r.

"coincide" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV  ·  "coincidir" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coincideccoincide · cioncide · coicnide · coinccide · coincdie · coincidde · coincied · coinicde
  • coincidirccoincidir · cioncidir · coicnidir · coinccidir · coincdiir · coinciddir · coincidirr · coincidri

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coincide" for "coincidir" 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.
Frequency check: "coincide" vs "coincidir" - which ranks higher?
"coincide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,047 in our Portuguese list, against #24,567 for "coincidir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "coincide" and "coincidir". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coincide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coincidir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,603 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 #26,603 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