intençãovsinteraçãoConfusable pair

Which to use

“intenção” and “interação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,891
“intenção” frequency rank
#4,566
“interação” frequency rank
6457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intenção interação
Definition o ato de escolher mentalmente um plano de ação a seguir ação recíproca entre duas ou mais pessoas ou objetos

Letter map: intenção vs interação

Shared letters muted; letters that set intenção and interação apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. intenção runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against interação's 9 (VCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
intenção
9 ch
interação

Spelling & dictionary notes on intenção vs interação

intenção and interação are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

intenção is recorded at frequency rank #1,891, classified as anoun. interação is at rank #4,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.tɛ.ɾa.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 6457, this pair ranks #67,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of intenção vs interação

Shared letters: einotãç. Private to "intenção": -. Private to "interação": ar.

"intenção" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "interação" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intenção" and "interação" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "intenção" or "interação" show up more?
"intenção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,891 in our Portuguese list, against #4,566 for "interação". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "intenção" vs "interação" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "intenção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intenção" and "interação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infeção vs intenção". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #67,971 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list