Which to use
“ração” is a noun and “romão” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,189
- “ração” frequency rank
- #34,450
- “romão” frequency rank
- 49639
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ração | romão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção fixa de provisões, especialmente para soldados e marinheiros ou para civis em tempos de escassez | que costuma acometer com os chifres |
Where the eye mixes ração and romão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ração and romão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ração vs romão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ração is /Rɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while romão is /ro.'moŋ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49639, 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/. romão is at rank #34,450, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ro.'moŋ/.
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 49639, this pair ranks #15,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ração vs romão
Shared letters: orã. Private to "ração": aç. Private to "romão": m.
"ração" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "romão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ração" for "romão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ração" or "romão"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "romão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ração" and "romão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rimar vs romão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #15,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.