Which to use
“travão” and “trovão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,127
- “travão” frequency rank
- #14,740
- “trovão” frequency rank
- 61867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travão | trovão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alavanca que detém o movimento de uma máquina | forte ruído provocado por descarga elétrica na atmosfera; trovoada |
Where the eye mixes travão and trovão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. travão and trovão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: travão vs trovão
A purely visual mix-up. travão (/tɾa.'boŋ/) and trovão (/tɾu.ˈvɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “travão” becomes o in “trovão”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61867, 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/. trovão is at rank #14,740, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɾu.ˈvɐ̃w̃/.
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 61867, this pair ranks #6,935 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of travão vs trovão
Shared letters: ortvã. Private to "travão": a. Private to "trovão": -.
"travão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "trovão" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travão" for "trovão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "travão" vs "trovão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "travão" and "trovão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trovão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,935 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travão" and "trovão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs travão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #6,935 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.