Which to use
“savana” and “semana” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,793
- “savana” frequency rank
- #230
- “semana” frequency rank
- 23023
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | savana | semana |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | formação vegetal característica das regiões tropicais onde é longa a estação seca, em que predominam plantas rizomatosas de tamanho grande e outras árvores e arbustos esparsos | período de sete dias, com um dia de feriado de cunho religioso: sábado para os judeus, domingo para os cristãos e sexta-feira para os muçulmanos |
Where the eye mixes savana and semana
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. savana and semana follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between savana and semana
A purely visual mix-up. savana (/sɐ.ˈvɐ.nɐ/) and semana (/sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/) 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 23023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
savana is recorded at frequency rank #22,793, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɐ.ˈvɐ.nɐ/. semana is at rank #230, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɨ.ˈmɐ.nɐ/.
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 23023, this pair ranks #46,879 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of savana vs semana
Shared letters: ans. Private to "savana": v. Private to "semana": em.
"savana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "semana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "savana" and "semana" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "savana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "semana" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,879 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "savana" and "semana" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sarna vs savana". 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 #46,879 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.