Which to use
“comissão” and “confissão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #951
- “comissão” frequency rank
- #8,869
- “confissão” frequency rank
- 9820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comissão | confissão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | encargo | profissão de fé |
Where the eye mixes comissão and confissão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. comissão runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against confissão's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: comissão vs confissão
A purely visual mix-up. comissão (/ku.mi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and confissão (/kõ.fi.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 9820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comissão is recorded at frequency rank #951, classified as anoun, pronounced /ku.mi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. confissão is at rank #8,869, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.fi.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 9820, this pair ranks #63,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comissão vs confissão
Shared letters: ciosã. Private to "comissão": m. Private to "confissão": fn.
"comissão" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "confissão" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comissão" and "confissão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "comissão" vs "confissão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "comissão" and "confissão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "comissão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confissão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comissão" and "confissão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comichão vs comissão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.