Which to use
“ração” and “rotação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,189
- “ração” frequency rank
- #11,342
- “rotação” frequency rank
- 26531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ração | rotação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção fixa de provisões, especialmente para soldados e marinheiros ou para civis em tempos de escassez | ato ou efeito de rodar |
Where the eye mixes ração and rotação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ração runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against rotação's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ração with rotação
A purely visual mix-up. ração (/Rɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and rotação (/Ru.tɐ.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26531, 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/. rotação is at rank #11,342, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Ru.tɐ.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 26531, this pair ranks #42,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ração vs rotação
Shared letters: aorãç. Private to "ração": -. Private to "rotação": t.
"ração" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "rotação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ração" for "rotação" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ração" vs "rotação" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ração" and "rotação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ração" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rotação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ração" and "rotação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ração vs ratio". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #42,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.