Which to use
“rácio” and “racismo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,370
- “rácio” frequency rank
- #5,137
- “racismo” frequency rank
- 44507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rácio | racismo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relação | conjunto de teorias e crenças que estabelecem uma hierarquia entre as raças, entre as etnias |
Letter map: rácio vs racismo
Shared letters muted; letters that set rácio and racismo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. rácio runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against racismo's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: rácio and racismo
rácio and racismo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rácio is recorded at frequency rank #39,370, classified as anoun. racismo is at rank #5,137, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Ra.ˈsiʒ.mu/.
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 44507, this pair ranks #20,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rácio vs racismo
Shared letters: cior. Private to "rácio": á. Private to "racismo": ams.
"rácio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "racismo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racismo ← arcismo · raccismo · racimso · racismmo · racisom · racissmo · racsimo · raicsmo
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "rácio" and "racismo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "rácio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "racismo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rácio" and "racismo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi vs rácio". 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 #20,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.