Which to use
“pergunta” and “permuta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #657
- “pergunta” frequency rank
- #25,429
- “permuta” frequency rank
- 26086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pergunta | permuta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | frase cujo objetivo é convidar um ouvinte ou leitor a dar uma explicação, uma informação, ou, em qualquer caso, uma interrogação que demanda, chama ou solicita uma resposta | o mesmo que permutação |
Where the eye mixes pergunta and permuta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pergunta vs permuta
A purely visual mix-up. pergunta (/pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/) and permuta (/pɨɾ.ˈmu.tɐ/) 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 26086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pergunta is recorded at frequency rank #657, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɨɾ.ˈɡũ.tɐ/. permuta is at rank #25,429, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨɾ.ˈmu.tɐ/.
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 26086, this pair ranks #43,134 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pergunta vs permuta
Shared letters: aeprtu. Private to "pergunta": gn. Private to "permuta": m.
"pergunta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "permuta" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pergunta" for "permuta" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pergunta" or "permuta" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pergunta" and "permuta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pergunta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permuta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,134 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pergunta" and "permuta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peralta vs permuta". 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 #43,134 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.