Which to use
“repetição” and “reputação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,544
- “repetição” frequency rank
- #4,426
- “reputação” frequency rank
- 16970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repetição | reputação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou efeito de repetir | renome |
Where the eye mixes repetição and reputação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repetição and reputação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between repetição and reputação
A purely visual mix-up. repetição (/Rɨ.pɨ.ti.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 16970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repetição is recorded at frequency rank #12,544, classified as anoun, pronounced /Rɨ.pɨ.ti.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 16970, this pair ranks #54,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repetição vs reputação
Shared letters: eoprtãç. Private to "repetição": i. Private to "reputação": au.
"repetição" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "reputação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repetição" and "reputação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "repetição" or "reputação" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "repetição" 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 #54,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repetição" and "reputação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartição vs repetição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #54,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.