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

#7,379
“condução” frequency rank
#2,412
“confusão” frequency rank
9791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condução confusão
Definition ato ou efeito de conduzir ato ou consequência de confundir; situação em que algo se encontra confuso

Letter map: condução vs confusão

Shared letters muted; letters that set condução and confusão apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
condução
8 ch
confusão

Pair insight - condução / confusão

condução and confusão 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condução is recorded at frequency rank #7,379, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.du.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. confusão is at rank #2,412, 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 9791, this pair ranks #63,520 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of condução vs confusão

Shared letters: cnouã. Private to "condução": . Private to "confusão": fs.

"condução" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "confusão" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condução" for "confusão" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "condução" or "confusão"?
"confusão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,412 in our Portuguese list, against #7,379 for "condução". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "condução" vs "confusão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condução" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confusão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,520 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condução" and "confusão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condução vs conduto". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #63,520 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