Which to use
“regulação” and “reputação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,677
- “regulação” frequency rank
- #4,426
- “reputação” frequency rank
- 13103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regulação | reputação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de regular | renome |
Where the eye mixes regulação and reputação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. regulação and reputação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: regulação vs reputação
A purely visual mix-up. regulação (/Rɨ.ɡu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and reputação (/Rɨ.pu.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 13103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regulação is recorded at frequency rank #8,677, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ɡu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. reputação is at rank #4,426, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.pu.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 13103, this pair ranks #59,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regulação vs reputação
Shared letters: aeoruãç. Private to "regulação": gl. Private to "reputação": pt.
"regulação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "reputação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regulação" for "reputação" ever safe?
Which is more common, "regulação" or "reputação"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "regulação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reputação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regulação" and "reputação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparação vs reputação". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.