Which to use
“levitação” and “licitação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,463
- “levitação” frequency rank
- #9,884
- “licitação” frequency rank
- 54347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levitação | licitação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de levitar | ato ou efeito de licitar |
Where the eye mixes levitação and licitação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. levitação and licitação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: levitação vs licitação
A purely visual mix-up. levitação (/lɨ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and licitação (/li.si.tɐ.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 54347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
levitação is recorded at frequency rank #44,463, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɨ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. licitação is at rank #9,884, tagged as anoun, pronounced /li.si.tɐ.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 54347, this pair ranks #11,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of levitação vs licitação
Shared letters: ailotãç. Private to "levitação": ev. Private to "licitação": c.
"levitação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "licitação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "levitação" and "licitação" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "levitação" or "licitação"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "levitação" and "licitação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "levitação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "licitação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levitação" and "licitação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levitação vs limitação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #11,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.