Which to use
“portaria” is a noun and “portuário” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,389
- “portaria” frequency rank
- #39,327
- “portuário” frequency rank
- 48716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portaria | portuário |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | relativo a porto |
Where the eye mixes portaria and portuário
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. portaria runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against portuário's 9 (CVCCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: portaria vs portuário
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: portaria is /puɾ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/ while portuário is /puɾ.ˈtwa.ɾju/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portaria is recorded at frequency rank #9,389, classified as anoun, pronounced /puɾ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/. portuário is at rank #39,327, tagged as anadj, pronounced /puɾ.ˈtwa.ɾju/.
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 48716, this pair ranks #16,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of portaria vs portuário
Shared letters: ioprt. Private to "portaria": a. Private to "portuário": uá.
"portaria" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "portuário" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- portaria ← oprtaria · poratria · porrtaria · portaira · portarai · portarria · portraia · porttaria
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "portaria" and "portuário" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "portaria" or "portuário" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "portaria" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portuário" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portaria" and "portuário" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pontaria vs portaria". 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 #16,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.