paço
/pˈasʊ/
The verdict
“paço” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,136) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,136
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - residência oficial de um governante, monarca, soberano ou dignitário religioso
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pˈasʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paço” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for paço is neighbouring look-alikes ("pó", "pai", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /pˈasʊ/. Frequency #18,136 among 3,113 “P” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for paço, with forms such as "apço", "paoç", and "ppaço". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pó", "pai", "paz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is paço, spelled P-A-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1residência oficial de um governante, monarca, soberano ou dignitário religioso
- 2palácio real (ou corte), residência de um soberano ou conjunto de pessoas que nele vivem ou lhe estão próximas
- 3sede da câmara ou conselho municipal
- 4residência sumptuosa de alguém importante
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apço
- paoç
- ppaço
- pçao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paço - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “paço”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-Ç-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pˈasʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pó” - see the side-by-side comparison. paço vs pó
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Words at a similar Portuguese frequency
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.