Which to use
“rádio” and “ratio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #857
- “rádio” frequency rank
- #46,527
- “ratio” frequency rank
- 47384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rádio | ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | elemento químico de símbolo Ra, possui o número atômico 88 e massa atômica relativa 226,025 u; é um metal alcalino terroso, branco prateado, altamente radioativo; ocorre em todos os minérios de urânio, e é produzido por decaimento radioativo; é utilizado na medicina para tratamento de câncer e, em laboratórios, como fonte de neutrons para análise de materiais | quociente, proporção, razão |
Letter map: rádio vs ratio
Shared letters muted; letters that set rádio and ratio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rádio and ratio follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - rádio / ratio
rádio and ratio 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rádio is recorded at frequency rank #857, classified as anoun. ratio is at rank #46,527, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɻeɪ.ʃi.oʊ/.
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 47384, this pair ranks #17,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rádio vs ratio
Shared letters: ior. Private to "rádio": dá. Private to "ratio": at.
"rádio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "ratio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ratio ← artio · raito · ratoi · rattio · rratio · rtaio
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "rádio" vs "ratio" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "rádio" and "ratio". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "rádio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ratio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rádio" and "ratio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabi 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 #17,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.