Which to use
“desolação” and “destilação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,962
- “desolação” frequency rank
- #41,946
- “destilação” frequency rank
- 77908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desolação | destilação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o ato ou efeito de desolar | ato ou efeito de destilar |
Letter map: desolação vs destilação
Shared letters muted; letters that set desolação and destilação apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. desolação 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.
Pair insight - desolação / destilação
desolação and destilação 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desolação is recorded at frequency rank #35,962, classified as anoun. 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 77908, this pair ranks #1,773 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desolação vs destilação
Shared letters: adelosãç. Private to "desolação": -. Private to "destilação": it.
"desolação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "destilação" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "desolação" 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 #1,773 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desolação" and "destilação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desolação vs detonação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,773 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.