prediçãovsprevisãoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“predição” and “previsão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,014
“predição” frequency rank
#4,336
“previsão” frequency rank
51350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature predição previsão
Definition vaticínio ato ou efeito de prever

Letter map: predição vs previsão

Shared letters muted; letters that set predição and previsão apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. predição and previsão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
predição
8 ch
previsão

Spelling & dictionary notes on predição vs previsão

predição and previsão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

predição is recorded at frequency rank #47,014, classified as anoun. previsão is at rank #4,336, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɾɨ.vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.

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 51350, this pair ranks #13,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of predição vs previsão

Shared letters: eioprã. Private to "predição": dç. Private to "previsão": sv.

"predição" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV  ·  "previsão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "predição" and "previsão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "predição" or "previsão" show up more?
"previsão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,336 in our Portuguese list, against #47,014 for "predição". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "predição" and "previsão".

  • Full dictionary entry for "predição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "previsão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "predição" and "previsão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "predial vs predição". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #13,675 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list