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

#6,070
“harmonia” frequency rank
#19,753
“hormônio” frequency rank
25823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harmonia hormônio
Definition acordo perfeito; arranjo consistente, ordenado ou agradável das partes de um todo substância química específica fabricada pelo sistema endócrino ou por neurônios altamente especializados

Letter map: harmonia vs hormônio

Shared letters muted; letters that set harmonia and hormônio apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. harmonia and hormônio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
harmonia
8 ch
hormônio

Corpus notes: harmonia and hormônio

harmonia and hormônio 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harmonia is recorded at frequency rank #6,070, classified as anoun. hormônio is at rank #19,753, tagged as anoun.

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 25823, this pair ranks #43,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of harmonia vs hormônio

Shared letters: himnor. Private to "harmonia": a. Private to "hormônio": ô.

"harmonia" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "hormônio" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harmonia ← ahrmonia · hamronia · harmmonia · harmnoia · harmoina · harmonai · harmonnia · haromnia

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "harmonia" and "hormônio" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "harmonia" or "hormônio"?
"harmonia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,070 in our Portuguese list, against #19,753 for "hormônio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "harmonia" and "hormônio".

  • Full dictionary entry for "harmonia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hormônio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,422 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harmonia" and "hormônio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harmonia vs harmonizar". 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 #43,422 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