Which to use
“degustação” and “devastação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,658
- “degustação” frequency rank
- #20,568
- “devastação” frequency rank
- 55226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degustação | devastação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de degustar | destruição |
Letter map: degustação vs devastação
Shared letters muted; letters that set degustação and devastação apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. degustação and devastação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - degustação / devastação
degustação and devastação 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 55226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degustação is recorded at frequency rank #34,658, classified as anoun. devastação is at rank #20,568, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.vɐʃ.tɐ.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 55226, this pair ranks #10,730 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degustação vs devastação
Shared letters: adeostãç. Private to "degustação": gu. Private to "devastação": v.
"degustação" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV · "devastação" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "degustação" for "devastação" ever safe?
Frequency check: "degustação" vs "devastação" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "degustação" and "devastação". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "degustação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devastação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,730 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degustação" and "devastação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devastação vs devastado". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,730 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.