Which to use
“extração” and “extrato” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,543
- “extração” frequency rank
- #21,748
- “extrato” frequency rank
- 28291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extração | extrato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o ato ou efeito de extrair | substância ou pedaço extraído: |
Letter map: extração vs extrato
Shared letters muted; letters that set extração and extrato apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. extração runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against extrato's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - extração / extrato
extração and extrato 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 28291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extração is recorded at frequency rank #6,543, classified as anoun. extrato is at rank #21,748, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐjʃ.ˈtɾa.tu/.
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 28291, this pair ranks #40,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extração vs extrato
Shared letters: aeortx. Private to "extração": ãç. Private to "extrato": -.
"extração" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "extrato" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- extrato ← etxrato · exrtato · extarto · extraot · extratto · extrrato · extrtao · exttrato
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "extração" and "extrato" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "extração" vs "extrato" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "extração" and "extrato". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "extração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extrato" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extração" and "extrato" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estrato vs extrato". 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 #40,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.