Which to use
“peor” is an adjective and “pez” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #515
- “peor” frequency rank
- #5,028
- “pez” frequency rank
- 5543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peor | pez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comparativo irregular de malo. | Cualquiera de unas 30 000 especies de animales vertebrados, caracterizados por ser los únicos adaptados a respirar agua durante todo su ciclo vital. Forman un grupo sin rigor taxonómico que comprende varios grupos evolutivos diferentes, que sólo tienen en común su adaptación al medio acuático. |
Where the eye mixes peor and pez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between peor and pez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: peor is [peˈoɾ] while pez is [ˈpes]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peor is recorded at frequency rank #515, classified as anadj, pronounced [peˈoɾ]. pez is at rank #5,028, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpes].
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 5543, this pair ranks #313,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peor vs pez
Shared letters: ep. Private to "peor": or. Private to "pez": z.
"peor" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "pez" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- peor ← epor · peorr · poer · ppeor
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "peor" for "pez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "peor" or "pez"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "peor" and "pez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "peor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peor" and "pez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pez vs prey". 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 #313,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.