Which to use
“edição” and “ética” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #645
- “edição” frequency rank
- #3,815
- “ética” frequency rank
- 4460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | edição | ética |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de editar | estudo filosófico das leis morais que regem as ações humanas |
Where the eye mixes edição and ética
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. edição runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against ética's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: edição vs ética
A purely visual mix-up. edição (/e.dʒi.ˈsãw/) and ética (/ˈɛ.ti.kɐ/) 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 4460, 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/. ética is at rank #3,815, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛ.ti.kɐ/.
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 4460, this pair ranks #70,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of edição vs ética
Shared letters: i. Private to "edição": deoãç. Private to "ética": acté.
"edição" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "ética" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "edição" and "ética" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "edição" vs "ética" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "edição" and "ética" 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 "ética" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "edição" and "ética" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Érico vs ética". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #70,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.