Which to use
“indicação” and “indignação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,776
- “indicação” frequency rank
- #11,483
- “indignação” frequency rank
- 15259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indicação | indignação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de indicar; designação | sentimento de cólera ou de desprezo excitado por uma afronta, uma acção vergonhosa, uma injustiça frisante, etc |
Where the eye mixes indicação and indignação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indicação runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVV) against indignação's 10 (VCCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between indicação and indignação
A purely visual mix-up. indicação (/ĩ.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and indignação (/ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 15259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indicação is recorded at frequency rank #3,776, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.di.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. indignação is at rank #11,483, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 15259, this pair ranks #56,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indicação vs indignação
Shared letters: adinoãç. Private to "indicação": c. Private to "indignação": g.
"indicação" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "indignação" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indicação" and "indignação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "indicação" vs "indignação" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "indicação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indignação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indicação" and "indignação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indignação vs indignado". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #56,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.