Which to use
“ligação” and “lotação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,435
- “ligação” frequency rank
- #18,634
- “lotação” frequency rank
- 20069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ligação | lotação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de ligar | ato de lotar |
Where the eye mixes ligação and lotação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ligação and lotação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ligação and lotação
A purely visual mix-up. ligação (/li.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and lotação (/lu.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 20069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ligação is recorded at frequency rank #1,435, classified as anoun, pronounced /li.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. lotação is at rank #18,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lu.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 20069, this pair ranks #50,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ligação vs lotação
Shared letters: aloãç. Private to "ligação": gi. Private to "lotação": t.
"ligação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "lotação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ligação" for "lotação" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ligação" or "lotação"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ligação" and "lotação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ligação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lotação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ligação" and "lotação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loção vs lotação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.