Which to use
“electric” and “elétrico” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,420
- “electric” frequency rank
- #6,172
- “elétrico” frequency rank
- 25592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | electric | elétrico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | elétrico: | relativo à forma de energia em que a sua ação consiste numa manifestação entre forças de atração e de repulsão, que se refere à eletricidade |
Letter map: electric vs elétrico
Shared letters muted; letters that set electric and elétrico apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Pair insight - electric / elétrico
electric and elétrico are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
electric is recorded at frequency rank #19,420, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪ.ˈlɛk.tɹɪk/. elétrico is at rank #6,172, tagged as anadj.
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 25592, this pair ranks #43,705 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of electric vs elétrico
Shared letters: ceilrt. Private to "electric": -. Private to "elétrico": oé.
"electric" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCCVC · "elétrico" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- electric ← eelctric · elcetric · elecctric · elecrtic · electirc · electrci · electricc · electrric
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "electric" for "elétrico" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "electric" and "elétrico".
- Full dictionary entry for "electric" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "elétrico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,705 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "electric" and "elétrico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elétrico vs eletrónico". Nearby pair
- 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 #43,705 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.