exercíciovsexércitoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,836
“exercício” frequency rank
#803
“exército” frequency rank
3639
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exercício exército
Definition ato ou efeito de exercer e de exercitar força armada ou corpo militar numeroso e bem organizado especializado em operações terrestres

Letter map: exercício vs exército

Shared letters muted; letters that set exercício and exército apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

9 ch
exercício
8 ch
exército

Corpus notes: exercício and exército

exercício and exército 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3639, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exercício is recorded at frequency rank #2,836, classified as anoun, pronounced /i.zɨɾ.ˈsi.sju/. exército is at rank #803, tagged as anoun.

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 3639, this pair ranks #71,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of exercício vs exército

Shared letters: ceiorx. Private to "exercício": í. Private to "exército": .

"exercício" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVV  ·  "exército" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exercício" and "exército" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "exercício" vs "exército" - which ranks higher?
"exército" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #803 in our Portuguese list, against #2,836 for "exercício". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "exercício" vs "exército" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exercício" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exército" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exercício" and "exército" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exercitar vs exército". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #71,466 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