Which to use
“provido” is an adjective and “provisão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,625
- “provido” frequency rank
- #23,462
- “provisão” frequency rank
- 66087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | provido | provisão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | munido, fornecido, fornido | prescrição |
Where the eye mixes provido and provisão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. provido runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against provisão's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: provido vs provisão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: provido is /pɾu.ˈvi.du/ while provisão is /pɾu.vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
provido is recorded at frequency rank #42,625, classified as anadj, pronounced /pɾu.ˈvi.du/. 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 66087, this pair ranks #5,119 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of provido vs provisão
Shared letters: ioprv. Private to "provido": d. Private to "provisão": sã.
"provido" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "provisão" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- provido ← porvido · pprovido · proivdo · provdio · providdo · proviod · provvido · prrovido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "provido" and "provisão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "provido" or "provisão" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "provido" 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 #5,119 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "provido" and "provisão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pródigo vs provido". 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 #5,119 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.