Which to use
“porão” and “porção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,812
- “porão” frequency rank
- #7,200
- “porção” frequency rank
- 21012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porão | porção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte de um imóvel abaixo do primeiro piso | parte de algo, pedaço, ração, dose: |
Where the eye mixes porão and porção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. porão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against porção's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between porão and porção
A purely visual mix-up. porão (/pu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/) and porção (/puɾ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 21012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porão is recorded at frequency rank #13,812, classified as anoun, pronounced /pu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/. porção is at rank #7,200, tagged as anoun, pronounced /puɾ.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 21012, this pair ranks #49,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of porão vs porção
Shared letters: oprã. Private to "porão": -. Private to "porção": ç.
"porão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "porção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "porão" and "porção" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "porão" or "porção" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "porão" and "porção" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "porão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porão" and "porção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs porão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,358 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.