reeleiçãovsrefeiçãoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#8,676
“reeleição” frequency rank
#6,468
“refeição” frequency rank
15144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reeleição refeição
Definition ato de eleger um político por mais de uma vez porção de alimento consumido a certas horas do dia

Letter map: reeleição vs refeição

Shared letters muted; letters that set reeleição and refeição apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. reeleição runs 9 letters (CVVCVVCVV) against refeição's 8 (CVCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
reeleição
8 ch
refeição

Pair insight - reeleição / refeição

reeleição and refeição 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reeleição is recorded at frequency rank #8,676, classified as anoun. refeição is at rank #6,468, tagged as anoun, pronounced /χe.fej.ˈsãw/.

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 15144, this pair ranks #56,760 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reeleição vs refeição

Shared letters: eiorãç. Private to "reeleição": l. Private to "refeição": f.

"reeleição" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCVV  ·  "refeição" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reeleição" and "refeição" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "reeleição" vs "refeição" - which ranks higher?
"refeição" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,468 in our Portuguese list, against #8,676 for "reeleição". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "reeleição" vs "refeição" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reeleição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "refeição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,760 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reeleição" and "refeição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refeição vs refração". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #56,760 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