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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.

8 ch
extração
7 ch
extrato

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?
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: "extração" vs "extrato" - which ranks higher?
"extração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,543 in our Portuguese list, against #21,748 for "extrato". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list