Which to use
“estação” is a noun and “esticar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,116
- “estação” frequency rank
- #21,742
- “esticar” frequency rank
- 22858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | estação | esticar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cada uma das quatro grandes divisões climatológicas do ano | estender (um corpo, um membro, etc) ao seu comprimento total |
Where the eye mixes estação and esticar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. estação (VCCVCVV) and esticar (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: estação vs esticar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: estação is /iʃ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while esticar is /iʃ.ti.ˈkaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22858, 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/. esticar is at rank #21,742, tagged as averb, pronounced /iʃ.ti.ˈkaɾ/.
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 22858, this pair ranks #47,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of estação vs esticar
Shared letters: aest. Private to "estação": oãç. Private to "esticar": cir.
"estação" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "esticar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- esticar ← esitcar · essticar · estciar · estiacr · esticarr · esticcar · esticra · estticar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "estação" for "esticar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "estação" or "esticar"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "estação" and "esticar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "estação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "esticar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "estação" and "esticar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "esboçar vs esticar". 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 #47,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.