Which to use
“regência” and “renúncia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,424
- “regência” frequency rank
- #7,824
- “renúncia” frequency rank
- 28248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regência | renúncia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de reger(-se) | ato ou efeito de renunciar; demissão |
Where the eye mixes regência and renúncia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. regência and renúncia follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: regência vs renúncia
A purely visual mix-up. regência (/Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/) and renúncia (/Rɨ.ˈnũ.sjɐ/) 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 28248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regência is recorded at frequency rank #20,424, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈʒẽ.sjɐ/. renúncia is at rank #7,824, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈnũ.sjɐ/.
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 28248, this pair ranks #40,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regência vs renúncia
Shared letters: aceinr. Private to "regência": gê. Private to "renúncia": ú.
"regência" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "renúncia" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "regência" and "renúncia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "regência" or "renúncia" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "regência" and "renúncia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "regência" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renúncia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #40,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.