Which to use
“profissão” and “provisão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,638
- “profissão” frequency rank
- #23,462
- “provisão” frequency rank
- 27100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | profissão | provisão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | no que se trabalha, ofício, meio de subsistência | prescrição |
Where the eye mixes profissão and provisão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. profissão runs 9 letters (CCVCVCCVV) against provisão's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between profissão and provisão
A purely visual mix-up. profissão (/pɾu.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and provisão (/pɾu.vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
profissão is recorded at frequency rank #3,638, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɾu.fi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. provisão is at rank #23,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɾu.vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 27100, this pair ranks #41,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of profissão vs provisão
Shared letters: ioprsã. Private to "profissão": f. Private to "provisão": v.
"profissão" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV · "provisão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "profissão" and "provisão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "profissão" or "provisão" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "profissão" and "provisão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "profissão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "provisão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "profissão" and "provisão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "provido vs provisão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #41,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.