Which to use
“reação” is a noun and “reatar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,864
- “reação” frequency rank
- #46,531
- “reatar” frequency rank
- 48395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reação | reatar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação provocada em razão de uma outra anteriormente ocorrida | atar de novo |
Where the eye mixes reação and reatar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reação (CVVCVV) and reatar (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: reação vs reatar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reação is /ʀja.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while reatar is /Rjɐ.ˈtaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reação is recorded at frequency rank #1,864, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʀja.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. reatar is at rank #46,531, tagged as averb, pronounced /Rjɐ.ˈtaɾ/.
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 48395, this pair ranks #16,776 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reação vs reatar
Shared letters: aer. Private to "reação": oãç. Private to "reatar": t.
"reação" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "reatar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reatar ← eratar · raetar · reaatr · reatarr · reatra · reattar · retaar · rreatar
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reação" and "reatar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "reação" or "reatar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reação" and "reatar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reatar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,776 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reação" and "reatar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reatar vs recear". 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 #16,776 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.