concentraçãovsconcertaçãoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,997
“concentração” frequency rank
#47,798
“concertação” frequency rank
50795
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concentração concertação
Definition ato ou efeito de concentrar ou de concentrar-se acordo, pacto

Letter map: concentração vs concertação

Shared letters muted; letters that set concentração and concertação apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. concentração runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCCVCVV) against concertação's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
concentração
11 ch
concertação

Spelling & dictionary notes on concentração vs concertação

concentração and concertação 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 50795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concentração is recorded at frequency rank #2,997, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.sẽ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. concertação is at rank #47,798, tagged as anoun.

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 50795, this pair ranks #14,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concentração vs concertação

Shared letters: acenortãç. Private to "concentração": -. Private to "concertação": -.

"concentração" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCVV  ·  "concertação" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "concentração" and "concertação" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "concentração" or "concertação"?
"concentração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,997 in our Portuguese list, against #47,798 for "concertação". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "concentração" and "concertação". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concentração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concertação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concentração" and "concertação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concertação vs conversação". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #14,160 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