Which to use
“flexão” and “fluxo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,465
- “flexão” frequency rank
- #3,012
- “fluxo” frequency rank
- 24477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flexão | fluxo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou ação de se fletir, de se dobrar ou de se curvar | movimento |
Where the eye mixes flexão and fluxo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flexão runs 6 letters (CCVCVV) against fluxo's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between flexão and fluxo
A purely visual mix-up. flexão (/flɛ.ˈksɐ̃w̃/) and fluxo (/ˈflu.ksu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flexão is recorded at frequency rank #21,465, classified as anoun, pronounced /flɛ.ˈksɐ̃w̃/. fluxo is at rank #3,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈflu.ksu/.
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 24477, this pair ranks #45,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of flexão vs fluxo
Shared letters: flox. Private to "flexão": eã. Private to "fluxo": u.
"flexão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "fluxo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fluxo ← ffluxo · flluxo · fluox · fluxxo · flxuo · fulxo · lfuxo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flexão" and "fluxo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "flexão" or "fluxo" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "flexão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fluxo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flexão" and "fluxo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fluxo vs frouxo". 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 #45,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.