concessãovscondessaConfusable pair

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.

9 ch
concessão
8 ch
condessa

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?
No. They are said differently (/kõ.sɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /kõ.ˈde.sɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concessão" vs "condessa" - which ranks higher?
"concessão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,297 in our Portuguese list, against #15,051 for "condessa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list