Which to use
“seção” is a noun and “sério” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,496
- “seção” frequency rank
- #544
- “sério” frequency rank
- 3040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seção | sério |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo | que demonstra profundo pensar |
Letter map: seção vs sério
Shared letters muted; letters that set seção and sério apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. seção and sério follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for seção / sério
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seção is anoun and sérioanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seção is recorded at frequency rank #2,496, classified as anoun. sério is at rank #544, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɛ.ɾju/.
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 3040, this pair ranks #72,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seção vs sério
Shared letters: os. Private to "seção": eãç. Private to "sério": iré.
"seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "sério" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seção" and "sério" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "seção" or "sério"?
After this comparison
Pair "seção" vs "sério" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sério" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seção" and "sério" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seção vs seno". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.