redaçãovsrelaçãoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,514
“redação” frequency rank
#381
“relação” frequency rank
4895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redação relação
Definition ato ou efeito de redigir relacionamento

Letter map: redação vs relação

Shared letters muted; letters that set redação and relação apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. redação and relação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
redação
7 ch
relação

Spelling & dictionary notes on redação vs relação

redação and relação 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 a single letter - d in “redação” becomes l in “relação”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redação is recorded at frequency rank #4,514, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.da.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. relação is at rank #381, tagged as anoun.

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 4895, this pair ranks #69,857 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of redação vs relação

Shared letters: aeorãç. Private to "redação": d. Private to "relação": l.

"redação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "relação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "redação" and "relação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - d in “redação” becomes l in “relação”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "redação" or "relação"?
"relação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #381 in our Portuguese list, against #4,514 for "redação". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "redação" vs "relação" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "redação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,857 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redação" and "relação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redação vs refração". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #69,857 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