reggaevsregiãoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#9,567
“reggae” frequency rank
#289
“região” frequency rank
9856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reggae região
Definition estilo de música popular jamaicana surgido na década de 1960 que mistura blues, calipso e roquenrol, caracterizado por um ritmo sincopado forte e letras de protesto social território, área

Letter map: reggae vs região

Shared letters muted; letters that set reggae and região apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
reggae
6 ch
região

Pair insight - reggae / região

reggae and região 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reggae is recorded at frequency rank #9,567, classified as anoun. região is at rank #289, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʁe.ʒi.ˈãw/.

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 9856, this pair ranks #63,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reggae vs região

Shared letters: egr. Private to "reggae": a. Private to "região": ioã.

"reggae" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "região" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reggaeerggae · regae · regage · reggea · rgegae · rreggae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reggae" and "região" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "reggae" or "região"?
"região" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #289 in our Portuguese list, against #9,567 for "reggae". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "reggae" vs "região" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reggae" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "região" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,435 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reggae" and "região" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "região vs retidão". 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 #63,435 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