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.
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?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ejaculação" or "evacuação" show up more?
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.