Which to use
“coleção” and “colisão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,085
- “coleção” frequency rank
- #9,976
- “colisão” frequency rank
- 12061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coleção | colisão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto | choque |
Where the eye mixes coleção and colisão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coleção and colisão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: coleção vs colisão
A purely visual mix-up. coleção (/ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/) and colisão (/ku.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) 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 12061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coleção is recorded at frequency rank #2,085, classified as anoun, pronounced /ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/. colisão is at rank #9,976, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ku.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 12061, this pair ranks #60,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of coleção vs colisão
Shared letters: cloã. Private to "coleção": eç. Private to "colisão": is.
"coleção" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "colisão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coleção" for "colisão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "coleção" or "colisão"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "coleção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colisão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coleção" and "colisão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colisão vs colosso". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #60,644 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.