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“realização” and “reanimação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,252
“realização” frequency rank
#47,566
“reanimação” frequency rank
49818
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature realização reanimação
Definition feito ato ou efeito de reanimar(-se)

Where the eye mixes realização and reanimação

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. realização and reanimação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
realização
10 ch
reanimação

Visual trap between realização and reanimação

A purely visual mix-up. realização (/Rjɐ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and reanimação (/Rjɐ.ni.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

realização is recorded at frequency rank #2,252, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rjɐ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. reanimação is at rank #47,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rjɐ.ni.mɐ.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 49818, this pair ranks #15,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of realização vs reanimação

Shared letters: aeiorãç. Private to "realização": lz. Private to "reanimação": mn.

"realização" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVV  ·  "reanimação" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "realização" for "reanimação" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/Rjɐ.li.zɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /Rjɐ.ni.mɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "realização" vs "reanimação" - which ranks higher?
"realização" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,252 in our Portuguese list, against #47,566 for "reanimação". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "realização" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reanimação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "realização" and "reanimação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "realização vs retaliação". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #15,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list