Which to use
“seção” and “sedução” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,496
- “seção” frequency rank
- #15,456
- “sedução” frequency rank
- 17952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seção | sedução |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo | ato ou efeito de seduzir |
Letter map: seção vs sedução
Shared letters muted; letters that set seção and sedução apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. seção runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against sedução's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - seção / sedução
seção and sedução 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seção is recorded at frequency rank #2,496, classified as anoun. sedução is at rank #15,456, 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 17952, this pair ranks #53,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seção vs sedução
Shared letters: eosãç. Private to "seção": -. Private to "sedução": du.
"seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "sedução" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seção" and "sedução" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "seção" or "sedução"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seção" and "sedução".
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sedução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seção" and "sedução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sedição vs sedução". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #53,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.