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 eye mixes produção and produce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. produção runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVV) against produce's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses produção with produce
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "produção" and "produce" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "produção" or "produce"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "produção" and "produce" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "produção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "produce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "produção" and "produce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "predição vs produção". 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 #30,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.