Which to use
“ração” and “riacho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,189
- “ração” frequency rank
- #15,198
- “riacho” frequency rank
- 30387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ração | riacho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção fixa de provisões, especialmente para soldados e marinheiros ou para civis em tempos de escassez | pequeno rio |
Where the eye mixes ração and riacho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ração runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against riacho's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ração vs riacho
A purely visual mix-up. ração (/Rɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and riacho (/ˈRja.ʃu/) 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 30387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ração is recorded at frequency rank #15,189, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. riacho is at rank #15,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈRja.ʃu/.
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 30387, this pair ranks #37,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ração vs riacho
Shared letters: aor. Private to "ração": ãç. Private to "riacho": chi.
"ração" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "riacho" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- riacho ← iracho · raicho · riaccho · riachho · riacoh · riahco · ricaho · rriacho
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ração" and "riacho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ração" vs "riacho" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "riacho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ração" and "riacho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ração vs ratio". 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 #37,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.