Which to use
“seat” and “seção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,459
- “seat” frequency rank
- #2,496
- “seção” frequency rank
- 36955
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seat | seção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cadeira (lugar ocupado por membro de uma corporação) | subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo |
Letter map: seat vs seção
Shared letters muted; letters that set seat and seção apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. seat runs 4 letters (CVVC) against seção's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on seat vs seção
seat and seção are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seat is recorded at frequency rank #34,459, classified as anoun, pronounced /siːt/. seção is at rank #2,496, tagged as anoun.
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 36955, this pair ranks #29,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seat vs seção
Shared letters: es. Private to "seat": at. Private to "seção": oãç.
"seat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- seat ← esat · saet · seatt · sseat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seat" and "seção" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "seat" vs "seção" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "seat" vs "seção" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "seat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seat" and "seção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seat vs soap". 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 #29,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.