Which to use
“prevenção” is a noun and “prevenido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,424
- “prevenção” frequency rank
- #43,098
- “prevenido” frequency rank
- 47522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prevenção | prevenido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de prevenir | que se preveniu |
Where the eye mixes prevenção and prevenido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. prevenção (CCVCVCCVV) and prevenido (CCVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between prevenção and prevenido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: prevenção is /pɾɨ.vẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while prevenido is /pɾɨ.vɨ.ˈni.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prevenção is recorded at frequency rank #4,424, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾɨ.vẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. prevenido is at rank #43,098, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pɾɨ.vɨ.ˈni.du/.
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 47522, this pair ranks #17,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of prevenção vs prevenido
Shared letters: enoprv. Private to "prevenção": ãç. Private to "prevenido": di.
"prevenção" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "prevenido" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prevenido ← pervenido · pprevenido · preevnido · preveindo · prevendio · preveniddo · preveniod · prevennido
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prevenção" and "prevenido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "prevenção" vs "prevenido" - which ranks higher?
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 "prevenção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prevenido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prevenção" and "prevenido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prevenido vs preventivo". 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 #17,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.