ediçãovsemoçãoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“edição” and “emoção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#645
“edição” frequency rank
#3,828
“emoção” frequency rank
4473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edição emoção
Definition ato ou efeito de editar movimento

Letter map: edição vs emoção

Shared letters muted; letters that set edição and emoção apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. edição and emoção follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
edição
6 ch
emoção

Spelling & dictionary notes on edição vs emoção

edição and emoção 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 4473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edição is recorded at frequency rank #645, classified as anoun, pronounced /e.dʒi.ˈsãw/. emoção is at rank #3,828, tagged as anoun.

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 4473, this pair ranks #70,414 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of edição vs emoção

Shared letters: eoãç. Private to "edição": di. Private to "emoção": m.

"edição" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "emoção" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "edição" and "emoção" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "edição" vs "emoção" - which ranks higher?
"edição" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #645 in our Portuguese list, against #3,828 for "emoção". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "edição" and "emoção".

  • Full dictionary entry for "edição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emoção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,414 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edição" and "emoção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emoção vs evocar". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,414 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list