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Which to use

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

#13,604
“reparação” frequency rank
#25,126
“repartição” frequency rank
38730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reparação repartição
Definition ato ou efeito de reparar ato ou efeito de repartir(-se)

Where the eye mixes reparação and repartição

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reparação runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against repartição's 10 (CVCVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
reparação
10 ch
repartição

Look-alike desk: reparação vs repartição

A purely visual mix-up. reparação (/Rɨ.pɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and repartição (/Rɨ.pɐɾ.ti.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 38730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reparação is recorded at frequency rank #13,604, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.pɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. repartição is at rank #25,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.pɐɾ.ti.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 38730, this pair ranks #27,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reparação vs repartição

Shared letters: aeoprãç. Private to "reparação": -. Private to "repartição": it.

"reparação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV  ·  "repartição" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reparação" for "repartição" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.pɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /Rɨ.pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reparação" vs "repartição" - which ranks higher?
"reparação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,604 in our Portuguese list, against #25,126 for "repartição". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reparação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,664 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reparação" and "repartição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refração vs reparação". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,664 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