Which to use
“imersão” is a noun and “imerso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,359
- “imersão” frequency rank
- #33,023
- “imerso” frequency rank
- 57382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | imersão | imerso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de imergir | que (se) imergiu; mergulhado, afundado, submerso |
Letter map: imersão vs imerso
Shared letters muted; letters that set imersão and imerso apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. imersão runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against imerso's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - imersão and imerso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: imersão is anoun and imersoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
imersão is recorded at frequency rank #24,359, classified as anoun, pronounced /i.mɨɾ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. imerso is at rank #33,023, tagged as anadj.
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 57382, this pair ranks #9,384 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of imersão vs imerso
Shared letters: eimors. Private to "imersão": ã. Private to "imerso": -.
"imersão" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "imerso" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- imerso ← iemrso · imeros · imerrso · imersso · imesro · immerso · imreso · mierso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "imersão" for "imerso" ever safe?
Which is more common, "imersão" or "imerso"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "imersão" and "imerso".
- Full dictionary entry for "imersão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "imerso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,384 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "imersão" and "imerso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ileso vs imerso". 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 #9,384 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.