Which to use
“edição” and “ereção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #645
- “edição” frequency rank
- #19,425
- “ereção” frequency rank
- 20070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | edição | ereção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de editar | ato ou efeito de erigir ou erguer |
Where the eye mixes edição and ereção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. edição and ereção follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses edição with ereção
A purely visual mix-up. edição (/e.dʒi.ˈsãw/) and ereção (/i.Rɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 20070, 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/. ereção is at rank #19,425, tagged as anoun, pronounced /i.Rɛ.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 20070, this pair ranks #50,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of edição vs ereção
Shared letters: eoãç. Private to "edição": di. Private to "ereção": r.
"edição" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "ereção" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "edição" for "ereção" ever safe?
Frequency check: "edição" vs "ereção" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "edição" and "ereção" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "edição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ereção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "edição" and "ereção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ereção vs Érico". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.