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 |
Letter map: seção vs selado
Shared letters muted; letters that set seção and selado apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. seção runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against selado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for seção / selado
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seção" and "selado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "seção" or "selado"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seção" and "selado".
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "selado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,811 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seção" and "selado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "selado vs soldo". 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 #38,811 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.