share vs space, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,236
“share” frequency rank: #13,845
“space” frequency rank: 28081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	share	space
Definition	parte recebida, quinhão	espaço

Where the eye mixes share and space

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch

space

Visual trap between share and space

A purely visual mix-up. share (/ʃɛɚ/) and space (/ˈspeɪs/) 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 28081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

share is recorded at frequency rank #14,236, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɛɚ/. space is at rank #13,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈspeɪs/.

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 28081, this pair ranks #40,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of share vs space

Shared letters: aes. Private to "share": hr. Private to "space": cp.

"share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "space" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

share ← hsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare
space ← psace · sapce · spacce · spaec · spcae · sppace · sspace

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "share" and "space" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ʃɛɚ/ versus /ˈspeɪs/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "share" vs "space" - which ranks higher?

"space" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,845 in our Portuguese list, against #14,236 for "share". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

Full dictionary entry for "share" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "space" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #40,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"share" and "space" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "share vs sire". 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 #40,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.