Which to use
“exclusão” is a noun and “exclusivo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,282
- “exclusão” frequency rank
- #5,849
- “exclusivo” frequency rank
- 13131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exclusão | exclusivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de excluir | que exclui |
Letter map: exclusão vs exclusivo
Shared letters muted; letters that set exclusão and exclusivo apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. exclusão runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against exclusivo's 9 (VCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: exclusão vs exclusivo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: exclusão is anoun and exclusivoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exclusão is recorded at frequency rank #7,282, classified as anoun. exclusivo is at rank #5,849, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.klu.ˈzi.vu/.
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 13131, this pair ranks #59,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exclusão vs exclusivo
Shared letters: celosux. Private to "exclusão": ã. Private to "exclusivo": iv.
"exclusão" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "exclusivo" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exclusivo ← ecxlusivo · excclusivo · excllusivo · exclsuivo · excluisvo · exclusiov · exclusivvo · exclussivo
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "exclusão" and "exclusivo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exclusivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exclusão" and "exclusivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluído vs exclusão". 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 #59,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.