Which to use
“lição” and “loção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,419
- “lição” frequency rank
- #32,245
- “loção” frequency rank
- 35664
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lição | loção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tarefa que o professor passa ao aluno para solidificar o aprendizado | líquido perfumado e levemente alcoolizado para o tratamento da pele e dos cabelos |
Where the eye mixes lição and loção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lição 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 lição with loção
A purely visual mix-up. lição (/li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 differ by a single letter - i in “lição” becomes o in “loção”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lição is recorded at frequency rank #3,419, classified as anoun, pronounced /li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 35664, this pair ranks #31,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lição vs loção
Shared letters: loãç. Private to "lição": i. Private to "loção": -.
"lição" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "loção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lição" for "loção" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "lição" or "loção" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lição" and "loção" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lição" 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 #31,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lição" and "loção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loção vs loch". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.