Which to use
“dedicação” and “depilação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,517
- “dedicação” frequency rank
- #19,115
- “depilação” frequency rank
- 26632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dedicação | depilação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de dedicar | ação ou efeito de depilar |
Where the eye mixes dedicação and depilação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dedicação and depilação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dedicação vs depilação
A purely visual mix-up. dedicação (/dɨ.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and depilação (/dɨ.pi.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 26632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dedicação is recorded at frequency rank #7,517, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. depilação is at rank #19,115, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.pi.lɐ.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 26632, this pair ranks #42,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dedicação vs depilação
Shared letters: adeioãç. Private to "dedicação": c. Private to "depilação": lp.
"dedicação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "depilação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dedicação" for "depilação" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dedicação" or "depilação" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dedicação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "depilação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dedicação" and "depilação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depilação vs depuração". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #42,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.