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Which to use

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

#32,576
“ejaculação” frequency rank
#10,005
“evacuação” frequency rank
42581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejaculação evacuação
Definition ato involuntário realizado pelo macho no qual o esperma é expelido através do pênis ato de evacuar

Where the eye mixes ejaculação and evacuação

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. ejaculação runs 10 letters (VCVCVCVCVV) against evacuação's 9 (VCVCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
ejaculação
9 ch
evacuação

Visual trap between ejaculação and evacuação

A purely visual mix-up. ejaculação (/i.ʒɐ.ku.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and evacuação (/i.vɐ.kwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 42581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejaculação is recorded at frequency rank #32,576, classified as anoun, pronounced /i.ʒɐ.ku.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. evacuação is at rank #10,005, tagged as anoun, pronounced /i.vɐ.kwɐ.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 42581, this pair ranks #23,177 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejaculação vs evacuação

Shared letters: aceouãç. Private to "ejaculação": jl. Private to "evacuação": v.

"ejaculação" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVV  ·  "evacuação" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ejaculação" for "evacuação" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/i.ʒɐ.ku.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /i.vɐ.kwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ejaculação" or "evacuação" show up more?
"evacuação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,005 in our Portuguese list, against #32,576 for "ejaculação". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ejaculação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evacuação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,177 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics

Confusion rank #23,177 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