Which to use
“lesão” and “loção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,219
- “lesão” frequency rank
- #32,245
- “loção” frequency rank
- 37464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lesão | loção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contusão | líquido perfumado e levemente alcoolizado para o tratamento da pele e dos cabelos |
Where the eye mixes lesão and loção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lesão and loção follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses lesão with loção
A purely visual mix-up. lesão (/lɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) and loção (/lu.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 37464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lesão is recorded at frequency rank #5,219, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. loção is at rank #32,245, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lu.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 37464, this pair ranks #29,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lesão vs loção
Shared letters: loã. Private to "lesão": es. Private to "loção": ç.
"lesão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "loção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lesão" and "loção" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lesão" or "loção"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lesão" and "loção" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lesão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lesão" and "loção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loção vs loch". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.