Which to use
“prisão” and “prisma” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #834
- “prisão” frequency rank
- #17,894
- “prisma” frequency rank
- 18728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prisão | prisma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de prender | sólido com bases paralelas poligonais e paralelogramos como faces laterais |
Where the eye mixes prisão and prisma
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: prisão vs prisma
A purely visual mix-up. prisão (/pɾi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) and prisma (/ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prisão is recorded at frequency rank #834, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. prisma is at rank #17,894, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/.
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 18728, this pair ranks #52,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prisão vs prisma
Shared letters: iprs. Private to "prisão": oã. Private to "prisma": am.
"prisão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "prisma" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prisma ← pirsma · pprisma · primsa · prisam · prismma · prissma · prrisma · prsima
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prisão" and "prisma" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prisão" or "prisma"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prisão" and "prisma" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prisma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prisão" and "prisma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pilão vs prisão". 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 #52,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.