interseção vs intervenção, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#33,894
“interseção” frequency rank: #2,482
“intervenção” frequency rank: 36376
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	interseção	intervenção
Definition	ponto onde duas linhas, planos ou sólidos se encontram	o ato ou fato de intervir

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set interseção and intervenção apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

10 ch

interseção

11 ch

intervenção

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. interseção (/ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and intervenção (/ĩ.tɨɾ.vẽ.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 36376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interseção is recorded at frequency rank #33,894, classified as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. intervenção is at rank #2,482, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ĩ.tɨɾ.vẽ.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 36376, this pair ranks #30,454 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interseção vs intervenção

Shared letters: einortãç. Private to "interseção": s. Private to "intervenção": v.

"interseção" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVV · "intervenção" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV

Frequency comparison

interseção#33,894

intervenção#2,482

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "interseção" and "intervenção" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /ĩ.tɨɾ.vẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "interseção" or "intervenção"?

"intervenção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,482 in our Portuguese list, against #33,894 for "interseção". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering interseção vs intervenção

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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