pecasvspedísWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: pecas is a noun, pedís is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pecas” is a noun and “pedís” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,260
“pecas” frequency rank
#29,781
“pedís” frequency rank
64041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pecas pedís
Definition Forma del plural de peca. Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de pedir.

Where the eye mixes pecas and pedís

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pecas and pedís follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
pecas
5 ch
pedís

Visual trap between pecas and pedís

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pecas is [ˈpekas] while pedís is [peˈð̞is]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pecas is recorded at frequency rank #34,260, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpekas]. pedís is at rank #29,781, tagged as averb, pronounced [peˈð̞is].

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 64041, this pair ranks #46,799 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pecas vs pedís

Shared letters: eps. Private to "pecas": ac. Private to "pedís": dí.

"pecas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "pedís" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pecas ← epcas · pceas · peacs · pecass · peccas · ppecas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pecas" and "pedís" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pecas" is a noun and "pedís" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "pecas" or "pedís"?
"pedís" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,781 in our Spanish list, against #34,260 for "pecas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "pecas" and "pedís" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pecas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pedís" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,799 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pecas" and "pedís" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pecas vs petar". 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 #46,799 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list