Which to use
“relação” is a noun and “relatam” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #381
- “relação” frequency rank
- #16,599
- “relatam” frequency rank
- 16980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relação | relatam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relacionamento | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo relatar |
Letter map: relação vs relatam
Shared letters muted; letters that set relação and relatam apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - relação and relatam
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: relação is anoun and relatamaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relação is recorded at frequency rank #381, classified as anoun. relatam is at rank #16,599, tagged as averb.
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 16980, this pair ranks #54,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relação vs relatam
Shared letters: aelr. Private to "relação": oãç. Private to "relatam": mt.
"relação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "relatam" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relatam ← erlatam · realtam · relaatm · relatamm · relatma · relattam · rellatam · reltaam
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relação" and "relatam" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "relação" vs "relatam" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "relação" vs "relatam" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "relação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relatam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relação" and "relatam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reatar vs relatam". 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 #54,389 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.