Which to use
“expedição” and “exposição” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,768
- “expedição” frequency rank
- #1,884
- “exposição” frequency rank
- 9652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | expedição | exposição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de expedir | ato ou efeito de expor |
Where the eye mixes expedição and exposição
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. expedição and exposição follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between expedição and exposição
A purely visual mix-up. expedição (/es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/) and exposição (/ɐjʃ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
expedição is recorded at frequency rank #7,768, classified as anoun, pronounced /es.pe.ʤi.ˈsaw/. exposição is at rank #1,884, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐjʃ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 9652, this pair ranks #63,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of expedição vs exposição
Shared letters: eiopxãç. Private to "expedição": d. Private to "exposição": s.
"expedição" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "exposição" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "expedição" and "exposição" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "expedição" or "exposição" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "expedição" and "exposição" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "expedição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exposição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "expedição" and "exposição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expedição vs expedito". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.