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

#5,721
“condenação” frequency rank
#3,318
“convenção” frequency rank
9039
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condenação convenção
Definition ato ou efeito de condenar assembleia formal de representantes ou delegados para discutir sobre assuntos predeterminados

Letter map: condenação vs convenção

Shared letters muted; letters that set condenação and convenção apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. condenação runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against convenção's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
condenação
9 ch
convenção

Corpus notes: condenação and convenção

condenação and convenção 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 9039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condenação is recorded at frequency rank #5,721, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.dɨ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. convenção is at rank #3,318, 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 9039, this pair ranks #64,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of condenação vs convenção

Shared letters: cenoãç. Private to "condenação": ad. Private to "convenção": v.

"condenação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV  ·  "convenção" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "condenação" and "convenção" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "condenação" or "convenção" show up more?
"convenção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,318 in our Portuguese list, against #5,721 for "condenação". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "condenação" vs "convenção" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condenação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convenção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condenação" and "convenção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conjunção vs convenção". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,529 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