Which to use
“concessão” and “condessa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,297
- “concessão” frequency rank
- #15,051
- “condessa” frequency rank
- 19348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | concessão | condessa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | privilégio, direito ou vantagem concedida em favor de outro | feminino de conde |
Where the eye mixes concessão and condessa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concessão runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against condessa's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: concessão vs condessa
A purely visual mix-up. concessão (/kõ.sɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and condessa (/kõ.ˈde.sɐ/) 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 19348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
concessão is recorded at frequency rank #4,297, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.sɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. condessa is at rank #15,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈde.sɐ/.
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 19348, this pair ranks #51,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of concessão vs condessa
Shared letters: cenos. Private to "concessão": ã. Private to "condessa": ad.
"concessão" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "condessa" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- condessa ← ccondessa · cnodessa · codnessa · conddessa · condesa · condesas · condsesa · conedssa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "concessão" and "condessa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "concessão" vs "condessa" - 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 "concessão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "condessa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "concessão" and "condessa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condessa vs confesso". 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 #51,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.