Which to use
“progress” and “progressão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,781
- “progress” frequency rank
- #14,446
- “progressão” frequency rank
- 38227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | progress | progressão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | progresso, avanço | ação de avançar ou de progredir |
Where the eye mixes progress and progressão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. progress runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCC) against progressão's 10 (CCVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between progress and progressão
A purely visual mix-up. progress (/ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/) and progressão (/pɾu.ɡɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “progress” sits inside “progressão”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
progress is recorded at frequency rank #23,781, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/. progressão is at rank #14,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɾu.ɡɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 38227, this pair ranks #28,243 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of progress vs progressão
Shared letters: egoprs. Private to "progress": -. Private to "progressão": ã.
"progress" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "progressão" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- progress ← porgress · pprogress · prgoress · progerss · proggress · progres · progrress · progrses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "progress" and "progressão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "progress" or "progressão"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "progress" and "progressão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "progress" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "progressão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,243 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "progress" and "progressão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "progressão vs progressivo". 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 #28,243 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.