seção vs selado, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“seção” is a noun and “selado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,496
“seção” frequency rank: #27,270
“selado” frequency rank: 29766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	seção	selado
Definition	subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo	que tem selo

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set seção and selado apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

seção

6 ch

selado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seção is anoun and seladoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seção is recorded at frequency rank #2,496, classified as anoun. selado is at rank #27,270, tagged as anadj, pronounced /sɨ.ˈla.du/.

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 29766, this pair ranks #38,811 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seção vs selado

Shared letters: eos. Private to "seção": ãç. Private to "selado": adl.

"seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "selado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

selado ← eslado · sealdo · seladdo · selaod · seldao · sellado · sleado · sselado

Frequency comparison

seção#2,496

selado#27,270

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "seção" and "selado" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seção" is a noun and "selado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "seção" or "selado"?

"seção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,496 in our Portuguese list, against #27,270 for "selado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering seção vs selado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “seção”; for an adjective, it's “selado”.
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