Which to use
“edificar” is a verb and “edifício” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,775
- “edificar” frequency rank
- #2,230
- “edifício” frequency rank
- 40005
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | edificar | edifício |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | construir | construção de alguma importância, como objetivo de servir à atividades humanas |
Where the eye mixes edificar and edifício
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: edificar vs edifício
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: edificar is /i.di.fi.ˈkaɾ/ while edifício is /i.di.ˈfi.sju/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
edificar is recorded at frequency rank #37,775, classified as averb, pronounced /i.di.fi.ˈkaɾ/. edifício is at rank #2,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced /i.di.ˈfi.sju/.
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 40005, this pair ranks #26,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of edificar vs edifício
Shared letters: cdefi. Private to "edificar": ar. Private to "edifício": oí.
"edificar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "edifício" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- edificar ← deificar · eddificar · edfiicar · edifciar · edifficar · edifiacr · edificarr · edificcar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "edificar" and "edifício" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "edificar" or "edifício" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "edificar" and "edifício" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "edificar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "edifício" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #26,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.