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Which to use

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

#6,543
“extração” frequency rank
#20,296
“extradição” frequency rank
26839
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extração extradição
Definition o ato ou efeito de extrair ato no qual um país envia uma pessoa para ser julgada ou para cumprir pena em outro país

Letter map: extração vs extradição

Shared letters muted; letters that set extração and extradição apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. extração runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against extradição's 10 (VCCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
extração
10 ch
extradição

Pair insight - extração / extradição

extração and extradição 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extração is recorded at frequency rank #6,543, classified as anoun. extradição is at rank #20,296, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐjʃ.tɾɐ.di.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 26839, this pair ranks #42,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extração vs extradição

Shared letters: aeortxãç. Private to "extração": -. Private to "extradição": di.

"extração" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV  ·  "extradição" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "extração" and "extradição" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 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: "extração" vs "extradição" - which ranks higher?
"extração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,543 in our Portuguese list, against #20,296 for "extradição". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "extração" and "extradição". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extradição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,247 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extração" and "extradição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expiração vs extração". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #42,247 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