Which to use
“condenação” and “coordenação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,721
- “condenação” frequency rank
- #4,804
- “coordenação” frequency rank
- 10525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | condenação | coordenação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de condenar | o ato ou efeito de coordenar ou de estar coordenado |
Where the eye mixes condenação and coordenação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. condenação runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against coordenação's 11 (CVVCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: condenação vs coordenação
A purely visual mix-up. condenação (/kõ.dɨ.nɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and coordenação (/kwuɾ.dɨ.nɐ.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 10525, 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/. coordenação is at rank #4,804, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kwuɾ.dɨ.nɐ.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 10525, this pair ranks #62,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of condenação vs coordenação
Shared letters: acdenoãç. Private to "condenação": -. Private to "coordenação": r.
"condenação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "coordenação" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "condenação" for "coordenação" ever safe?
Frequency check: "condenação" vs "coordenação" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "condenação" and "coordenação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "condenação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coordenação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "condenação" and "coordenação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coordenação vs coordenado". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,549 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.