Which to use
“seguramente” and “severamente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,709
- “seguramente” frequency rank
- #14,714
- “severamente” frequency rank
- 29423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seguramente | severamente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | evidentemente | de modo rígido, severo |
Where the eye mixes seguramente and severamente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. seguramente and severamente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: seguramente vs severamente
A purely visual mix-up. seguramente (/sɨ.ɡu.ɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/) and severamente (/se.ve.ɾɐ.ˈmẽⁿ.ʧɪ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seguramente is recorded at frequency rank #14,709, classified as anadv, pronounced /sɨ.ɡu.ɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. severamente is at rank #14,714, tagged as anadv, pronounced /se.ve.ɾɐ.ˈmẽⁿ.ʧɪ/.
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 29423, this pair ranks #39,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seguramente vs severamente
Shared letters: aemnrst. Private to "seguramente": gu. Private to "severamente": v.
"seguramente" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCV · "severamente" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- seguramente ← esguramente · segguramente · segruamente · seguarmente · seguraemnte · seguramenet · seguramennte · seguramentte
- severamente ← esveramente · seevramente · sevearmente · severaemnte · severamenet · severamennte · severamentte · severametne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seguramente" and "severamente" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "seguramente" or "severamente" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "seguramente" and "severamente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "seguramente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "severamente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seguramente" and "severamente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seguidamente vs seguramente". 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 #39,215 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.