Which to use
“presença” is a noun and “presente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #855
- “presença” frequency rank
- #587
- “presente” frequency rank
- 1442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | presença | presente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o fato de estar presente | que se encontra em determinado lugar ou situação |
Letter map: presença vs presente
Shared letters muted; letters that set presença and presente apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - presença and presente
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: presença is anoun and presenteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
presença is recorded at frequency rank #855, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾɨ.ˈzẽ.sɐ/. presente is at rank #587, tagged as anadj.
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 1442, this pair ranks #74,135 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of presença vs presente
Shared letters: enprs. Private to "presença": aç. Private to "presente": t.
"presença" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "presente" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- presente ← persente · ppresente · preesnte · presenet · presennte · presentte · presetne · presnete
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "presença" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "presente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,135 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "presença" and "presente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "premente vs presente". 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 #74,135 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.