produção vs produce, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“produção” is a noun and “produce” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#471
“produção” frequency rank: #36,174
“produce” frequency rank: 36645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	produção	produce
Definition	ato de produzir	produzir

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set produção and produce apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

produção

7 ch

produce

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: produção is /pɾoduˈsɐ̃ʷ/ while produce is /ˈpɹɒdjuːs/; /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒuːs/, enPR: prŏd'yo͞os. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

produção is recorded at frequency rank #471, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾoduˈsɐ̃ʷ/. produce is at rank #36,174, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpɹɒdjuːs/; /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒuːs/, enPR: prŏd'yo͞os.

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 36645, this pair ranks #30,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of produção vs produce

Shared letters: dopru. Private to "produção": ãç. Private to "produce": ce.

"produção" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "produce" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

produce ← porduce · pproduce · prdouce · prodcue · prodduce · producce · produec · proudce

Frequency comparison

produção#471

produce#36,174

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "produção" and "produce" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "produção" is a noun and "produce" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "produção" or "produce"?

"produção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #471 in our Portuguese list, against #36,174 for "produce". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering produção vs produce

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “produção”; for a verb, it's “produce”.
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