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

#16,510
“erosão” frequency rank
#17,020
“evasão” frequency rank
33530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature erosão evasão
Definition fenómeno pelo qual as forças da natureza, como chuvas e ventos, alteram o relevo ato de evadir ou evadir-se

Letter map: erosão vs evasão

Shared letters muted; letters that set erosão and evasão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. erosão and evasão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
erosão
6 ch
evasão

Spelling & dictionary notes on erosão vs evasão

erosão and evasão 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

erosão is recorded at frequency rank #16,510, classified as anoun. evasão is at rank #17,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced /i.va.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.

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 33530, this pair ranks #33,968 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of erosão vs evasão

Shared letters: eosã. Private to "erosão": r. Private to "evasão": av.

"erosão" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "evasão" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "erosão" and "evasão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "erosão" or "evasão"?
"erosão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,510 in our Portuguese list, against #17,020 for "evasão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "erosão" vs "evasão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "erosão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evasão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,968 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "erosão" and "evasão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ereção vs erosão". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,968 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