Which to use
“depilação” and “destilação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,115
- “depilação” frequency rank
- #41,946
- “destilação” frequency rank
- 61061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | depilação | destilação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou efeito de depilar | ato ou efeito de destilar |
Where the eye mixes depilação and destilação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. depilação runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against destilação's 10 (CVCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between depilação and destilação
A purely visual mix-up. depilação (/dɨ.pi.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and destilação (/dɨʃ.ti.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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
depilação is recorded at frequency rank #19,115, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɨ.pi.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. destilação is at rank #41,946, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɨʃ.ti.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 61061, this pair ranks #7,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of depilação vs destilação
Shared letters: adeiloãç. Private to "depilação": p. Private to "destilação": st.
"depilação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "destilação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "depilação" and "destilação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "depilação" or "destilação" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "depilação" and "destilação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "depilação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "destilação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "depilação" and "destilação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desolação vs destilação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #7,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.