Which to use
“levitação” and “limitação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,463
- “levitação” frequency rank
- #13,547
- “limitação” frequency rank
- 58010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | levitação | limitação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de levitar | ato ou efeito de limitar |
Where the eye mixes levitação and limitação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. levitação and limitação 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 limitação
A purely visual mix-up. levitação (/lɨ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and limitação (/li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/) 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 58010, 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/. limitação is at rank #13,547, tagged as anoun, pronounced /li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/.
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 58010, this pair ranks #8,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of levitação vs limitação
Shared letters: ailotãç. Private to "levitação": ev. Private to "limitação": m.
"levitação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "limitação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "levitação" and "limitação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "levitação" vs "limitação" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "levitação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "limitação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "levitação" and "limitação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "levitação vs licitação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #8,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.