Which to use
“hegemonia” is a noun and “hegemônica” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,042
- “hegemonia” frequency rank
- #43,465
- “hegemônica” frequency rank
- 60507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hegemonia | hegemônica |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | supremacia de um povo nas federações da antiga Grécia | feminino de hegemônico |
Where the eye mixes hegemonia and hegemônica
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. hegemonia runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against hegemônica's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hegemonia and hegemônica
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hegemonia is /e.ʒɨ.mu.ˈni.ɐ/ while hegemônica is /e.ʒeˈmõ.ni.kɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hegemonia is recorded at frequency rank #17,042, classified as anoun, pronounced /e.ʒɨ.mu.ˈni.ɐ/. hegemônica is at rank #43,465, tagged as anadj, pronounced /e.ʒeˈmõ.ni.kɐ/.
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 60507, this pair ranks #7,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hegemonia vs hegemônica
Shared letters: aeghimn. Private to "hegemonia": o. Private to "hegemônica": cô.
"hegemonia" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "hegemônica" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hegemonia ← ehgemonia · heegmonia · hegemmonia · hegemnoia · hegemoina · hegemonai · hegemonnia · hegeomnia
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hegemonia" and "hegemônica" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "hegemonia" or "hegemônica" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hegemonia" and "hegemônica" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hegemonia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hegemônica" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #7,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.