Which to use
“confirmar” and “confiscar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,713
- “confirmar” frequency rank
- #31,703
- “confiscar” frequency rank
- 36416
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confirmar | confiscar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | certificar | tomar bens do particular pela força ou autoridade, sem que seja oferecida ao prejudicado qualquer contraprestação em troca |
Where the eye mixes confirmar and confiscar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confirmar and confiscar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: confirmar vs confiscar
A purely visual mix-up. confirmar (/kõ.fiɾ.ˈmaɾ/) and confiscar (/kõ.fiʃ.ˈkaχ/, /kõ.fis.ˈkaχ/ (menos usado)) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confirmar is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced /kõ.fiɾ.ˈmaɾ/. confiscar is at rank #31,703, tagged as averb, pronounced /kõ.fiʃ.ˈkaχ/, /kõ.fis.ˈkaχ/ (menos usado).
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 36416, this pair ranks #30,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confirmar vs confiscar
Shared letters: acfinor. Private to "confirmar": m. Private to "confiscar": s.
"confirmar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "confiscar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confirmar" and "confiscar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "confirmar" or "confiscar"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "confirmar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confiscar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confirmar" and "confiscar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confiscar vs confisco". 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 #30,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.