Which to use
“remessa” and “remissão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,125
- “remessa” frequency rank
- #34,440
- “remissão” frequency rank
- 59565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remessa | remissão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de remeter | perdão |
Where the eye mixes remessa and remissão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remessa runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remissão's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remessa and remissão
A purely visual mix-up. remessa (/Rɨ.ˈmɛ.sɐ/) and remissão (/Rɨ.mi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remessa is recorded at frequency rank #25,125, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈmɛ.sɐ/. remissão is at rank #34,440, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.mi.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 59565, this pair ranks #8,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remessa vs remissão
Shared letters: emrs. Private to "remessa": a. Private to "remissão": ioã.
"remessa" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "remissão" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remessa ← ermessa · reemssa · remesa · remesas · remmessa · remsesa · rmeessa · rremessa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remessa" and "remissão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "remessa" or "remissão" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remessa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remissão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remessa" and "remissão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recesso vs remessa". 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 #8,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.