repartiçãovsrepetiçãoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,126
“repartição” frequency rank
#12,544
“repetição” frequency rank
37670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartição repetição
Definition ato ou efeito de repartir(-se) ação ou efeito de repetir

Where the eye mixes repartição and repetição

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

10 ch
repartição
9 ch
repetição

Look-alike desk: repartição vs repetição

A purely visual mix-up. repartição (/Rɨ.pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and repetição (/Rɨ.pɨ.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 37670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartição is recorded at frequency rank #25,126, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. repetição is at rank #12,544, tagged as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.pɨ.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 37670, this pair ranks #28,898 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repartição vs repetição

Shared letters: eioprtãç. Private to "repartição": a. Private to "repetição": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repartição" for "repetição" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/Rɨ.pɐɾ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /Rɨ.pɨ.ti.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repartição" or "repetição"?
"repetição" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,544 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repetição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,898 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartição" and "repetição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparação vs repartição". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #28,898 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