Which to use
“indução” and “injeção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,185
- “indução” frequency rank
- #9,512
- “injeção” frequency rank
- 28697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indução | injeção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de induzir | ato ou efeito de injetar |
Where the eye mixes indução and injeção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. indução and injeção follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses indução with injeção
A purely visual mix-up. indução (/ĩj.du.ˈsãw/) and injeção (/ĩ.ʒɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indução is recorded at frequency rank #19,185, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩj.du.ˈsãw/. injeção is at rank #9,512, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.ʒɛ.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 28697, this pair ranks #40,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indução vs injeção
Shared letters: inoãç. Private to "indução": du. Private to "injeção": ej.
"indução" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "injeção" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indução" for "injeção" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "indução" or "injeção" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "indução" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "injeção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indução" and "injeção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indução vs infeção". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #40,104 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.