Which to use
“inflação” and “infração” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,664
- “inflação” frequency rank
- #18,620
- “infração” frequency rank
- 25284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inflação | infração |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aumento generalizado, inchaço, intumescência | ato de ignorar e desprezar as leis e normas traçadas pelo estado para o correto e ordenado comportamento social da população |
Where the eye mixes inflação and infração
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inflação and infração follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: inflação vs infração
A purely visual mix-up. inflação (/ĩ.fla.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and infração (/ĩ.fɾa.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 a single letter - l in “inflação” becomes r in “infração”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inflação is recorded at frequency rank #6,664, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.fla.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. infração is at rank #18,620, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.fɾa.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 25284, this pair ranks #44,064 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inflação vs infração
Shared letters: afinoãç. Private to "inflação": l. Private to "infração": r.
"inflação" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "infração" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inflação" for "infração" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inflação" vs "infração" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "inflação" and "infração" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "inflação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infração" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,064 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inflação" and "infração" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infeção vs infração". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #44,064 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.