Which to use
“estação” is a noun and “estatal” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,116
- “estação” frequency rank
- #4,815
- “estatal” frequency rank
- 5931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | estação | estatal |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cada uma das quatro grandes divisões climatológicas do ano | do estado, relativo ao estado |
Where the eye mixes estação and estatal
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. estação (VCCVCVV) and estatal (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: estação vs estatal
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: estação is /iʃ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while estatal is /iʃ.tɐ.ˈtaɫ/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
estação is recorded at frequency rank #1,116, classified as anoun, pronounced /iʃ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. estatal is at rank #4,815, tagged as anadj, pronounced /iʃ.tɐ.ˈtaɫ/.
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 5931, this pair ranks #68,618 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of estação vs estatal
Shared letters: aest. Private to "estação": oãç. Private to "estatal": l.
"estação" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "estatal" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- estatal ← esattal · esstatal · estaatl · estatall · estatla · estattal · esttaal · esttatal
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "estação" for "estatal" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "estação" or "estatal" 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 "estação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "estatal" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,618 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "estação" and "estatal" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estação vs Estêvão". 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 #68,618 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.