Which to use
“locação” and “loção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,484
- “locação” frequency rank
- #32,245
- “loção” frequency rank
- 51729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | locação | loção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aluguel; arrendamento | líquido perfumado e levemente alcoolizado para o tratamento da pele e dos cabelos |
Where the eye mixes locação and loção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. locação runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against loção's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: locação vs loção
A purely visual mix-up. locação (/lukɐˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
locação is recorded at frequency rank #19,484, classified as anoun, pronounced /lukɐˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 51729, this pair ranks #13,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of locação vs loção
Shared letters: loãç. Private to "locação": ac. Private to "loção": -.
"locação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "loção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "locação" for "loção" ever safe?
Frequency check: "locação" vs "loção" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "locação" and "loção" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "locação" 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 #13,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "locação" and "loção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loção vs loch". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #13,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.