Which to use
“colisão” and “comissão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,976
- “colisão” frequency rank
- #951
- “comissão” frequency rank
- 10927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colisão | comissão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | choque | encargo |
Where the eye mixes colisão and comissão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. colisão runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against comissão's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between colisão and comissão
A purely visual mix-up. colisão (/ku.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) and comissão (/ku.mi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colisão is recorded at frequency rank #9,976, classified as anoun, pronounced /ku.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. comissão is at rank #951, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ku.mi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 10927, this pair ranks #62,039 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of colisão vs comissão
Shared letters: ciosã. Private to "colisão": l. Private to "comissão": m.
"colisão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "comissão" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "colisão" and "comissão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "colisão" vs "comissão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "colisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comissão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,039 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colisão" and "comissão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colisão vs colosso". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,039 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.