Which to use
“colmeia” and “colónia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,608
- “colmeia” frequency rank
- #14,539
- “colónia” frequency rank
- 38147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colmeia | colónia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cortiço ou outra instalação de abelhas | grupo de indivíduos que se deslocam juntos para um mesmo fim |
Where the eye mixes colmeia and colónia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. colmeia (CVCCVVV) and colónia (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: colmeia vs colónia
A purely visual mix-up. colmeia (/koɫ.ˈmɐj.ɐ/) and colónia (/ku.ˈlɔ.njɐ/) 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 38147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colmeia is recorded at frequency rank #23,608, classified as anoun, pronounced /koɫ.ˈmɐj.ɐ/. colónia is at rank #14,539, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ku.ˈlɔ.njɐ/.
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 38147, this pair ranks #28,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of colmeia vs colónia
Shared letters: acilo. Private to "colmeia": em. Private to "colónia": nó.
"colmeia" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "colónia" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- colmeia ← ccolmeia · clomeia · colemia · collmeia · colmeai · colmiea · colmmeia · comleia
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "colmeia" and "colónia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "colmeia" or "colónia"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "colmeia" and "colónia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "colmeia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colónia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colmeia" and "colónia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colónia vs colono". 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 #28,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.