seduçãovssoluçãoTell them apart

Which to use

“sedução” and “solução” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,456
“sedução” frequency rank
#1,374
“solução” frequency rank
16830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sedução solução
Definition ato ou efeito de seduzir resolução, resposta

Letter map: sedução vs solução

Shared letters muted; letters that set sedução and solução apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. sedução and solução follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
sedução
7 ch
solução

Corpus notes: sedução and solução

sedução and solução 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sedução is recorded at frequency rank #15,456, classified as anoun. solução is at rank #1,374, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.lu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

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 16830, this pair ranks #54,612 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sedução vs solução

Shared letters: osuãç. Private to "sedução": de. Private to "solução": l.

"sedução" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "solução" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sedução" and "solução" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "sedução" vs "solução" - which ranks higher?
"solução" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,374 in our Portuguese list, against #15,456 for "sedução". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sedução" and "solução".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sedução" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,612 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sedução" and "solução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sedição vs sedução". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #54,612 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list