Which to use
“medição” and “munição” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,108
- “medição” frequency rank
- #8,791
- “munição” frequency rank
- 19899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medição | munição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de medir | conjunto de cartuchos necessários ou disponíveis para uma arma ou uma ação qualquer em que serão usadas armas de fogo |
Where the eye mixes medição and munição
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. medição and munição follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses medição with munição
A purely visual mix-up. medição (/mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and munição (/mu.ni.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 19899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medição is recorded at frequency rank #11,108, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. munição is at rank #8,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mu.ni.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 19899, this pair ranks #50,730 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medição vs munição
Shared letters: imoãç. Private to "medição": de. Private to "munição": nu.
"medição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "munição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medição" and "munição" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "medição" or "munição" show up more?
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 "medição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "munição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,730 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medição" and "munição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monção vs munição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,730 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.