Which to use
“melhora” and “melhoria” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,023
- “melhora” frequency rank
- #5,653
- “melhoria” frequency rank
- 10676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melhora | melhoria |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | melhorada, melhoramento, melhoria | recuperação do estado anterior |
Where the eye mixes melhora and melhoria
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: melhora vs melhoria
A purely visual mix-up. melhora (/mɨ.ˈʎɔ.ɾɐ/) and melhoria (/mɨ.ʎu.ˈɾi.ɐ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melhora is recorded at frequency rank #5,023, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈʎɔ.ɾɐ/. melhoria is at rank #5,653, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ʎu.ˈɾi.ɐ/.
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 10676, this pair ranks #62,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of melhora vs melhoria
Shared letters: aehlmor. Private to "melhora": -. Private to "melhoria": i.
"melhora" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "melhoria" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "melhora" and "melhoria" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "melhora" vs "melhoria" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "melhora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melhoria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melhora" and "melhoria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melhoras vs melhoria". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #62,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.