Which to use
“travão” and “trevo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,127
- “travão” frequency rank
- #19,871
- “trevo” frequency rank
- 66998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travão | trevo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alavanca que detém o movimento de uma máquina | gênero botânico pertencente à família Fabaceae |
Letter map: travão vs trevo
Shared letters muted; letters that set travão and trevo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. travão runs 6 letters (CCVCVV) against trevo's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: travão and trevo
travão and trevo 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travão is recorded at frequency rank #47,127, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɾa.'boŋ/. trevo is at rank #19,871, tagged as anoun.
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 66998, this pair ranks #4,773 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of travão vs trevo
Shared letters: ortv. Private to "travão": aã. Private to "trevo": e.
"travão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "trevo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- trevo ← rtevo · tervo · treov · trevvo · trrevo · trveo · ttrevo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travão" and "trevo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "travão" or "trevo"?
After this comparison
Pair "travão" vs "trevo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "travão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trevo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,773 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travão" and "trevo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs travão". 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 #4,773 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.