Which to use
“pontaria” and “portaria” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,733
- “pontaria” frequency rank
- #9,389
- “portaria” frequency rank
- 42122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pontaria | portaria |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de apontar | entrada de um estabelecimento, seja comercial ou residencial ou condomínio, onde se recepciona pessoas, carros e/ou cargas; as entradas podem ou não ser controladas; pode ou não haver a presença de câmeras e/ou seguranças |
Where the eye mixes pontaria and portaria
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. pontaria and portaria follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pontaria vs portaria
A purely visual mix-up. pontaria (/põ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/) and portaria (/puɾ.tɐ.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 a single letter - n in “pontaria” becomes r in “portaria”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pontaria is recorded at frequency rank #32,733, classified as anoun, pronounced /põ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/. portaria is at rank #9,389, tagged as anoun, pronounced /puɾ.tɐ.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 42122, this pair ranks #23,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pontaria vs portaria
Shared letters: aioprt. Private to "pontaria": n. Private to "portaria": -.
"pontaria" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "portaria" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pontaria" and "portaria" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pontaria" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portaria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pontaria" and "portaria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portaria vs portuário". 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 #23,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.