Which to use
“doação” and “dragão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,721
- “doação” frequency rank
- #4,634
- “dragão” frequency rank
- 9355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doação | dragão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de doar | monstro mitológico baseado em uma serpente ou lagarto, alado e que expele fogo pela boca |
Where the eye mixes doação and dragão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. doação (CVVCVV) and dragão (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between doação and dragão
A purely visual mix-up. doação (/du.ɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and dragão (/dɾɐ.ˈgãw/) 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 9355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doação is recorded at frequency rank #4,721, classified as anoun, pronounced /du.ɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. dragão is at rank #4,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɾɐ.ˈgãw/.
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 9355, this pair ranks #64,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doação vs dragão
Shared letters: adoã. Private to "doação": ç. Private to "dragão": gr.
"doação" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "dragão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doação" and "dragão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "doação" vs "dragão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "doação" and "dragão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "doação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dragão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doação" and "dragão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragão vs drogo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #64,101 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.