Which to use
“plantação” and “plantão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,708
- “plantação” frequency rank
- #8,939
- “plantão” frequency rank
- 20647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plantação | plantão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou resultado de plantar; plantio | serviço policial, distribuído diariamente a um soldado, dentro da própria caserna, companhia ou bataria |
Where the eye mixes plantação and plantão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. plantação runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCVV) against plantão's 7 (CCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between plantação and plantão
A purely visual mix-up. plantação (/plɐ̃.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and plantão (/plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/) 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 20647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plantação is recorded at frequency rank #11,708, classified as anoun, pronounced /plɐ̃.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. plantão is at rank #8,939, tagged as anoun, pronounced /plɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
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 20647, this pair ranks #49,800 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plantação vs plantão
Shared letters: alnoptã. Private to "plantação": ç. Private to "plantão": -.
"plantação" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVV · "plantão" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plantação" and "plantão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "plantação" or "plantão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "plantação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plantão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,800 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plantação" and "plantão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plantão vs platô". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,800 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.