Which to use
“regime” and “regiões” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,507
- “regime” frequency rank
- #1,408
- “regiões” frequency rank
- 2915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regime | regiões |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | modo de governar ou governar-se | forma plural de região: |
Letter map: regime vs regiões
Shared letters muted; letters that set regime and regiões apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. regime runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against regiões's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on regime vs regiões
regime and regiões 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 2915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regime is recorded at frequency rank #1,507, classified as anoun. regiões is at rank #1,408, tagged as anoun, pronounced /xe.ʒɪˈõjs/.
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 2915, this pair ranks #72,313 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regime vs regiões
Shared letters: egir. Private to "regime": m. Private to "regiões": sõ.
"regime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "regiões" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regime ← ergime · reggime · regiem · regimme · regmie · reigme · rgeime · rregime
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regime" and "regiões" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "regime" or "regiões"?
What to do next
Pair "regime" vs "regiões" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "regime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regiões" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,313 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regime" and "regiões" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "régia vs regime". 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 #72,313 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.