pes
/ˈpɛs ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“pes” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,445) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #23,445
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cão
Corpus desk
Index PT-pes · pes · Portuguese
pes · rank #23,445 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,445
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pequenino
Nearest frequency peer: pequenino (-3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “pes”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- pasto
pasto
76,565 corpus weight
- patrocinar
patrocinar
76,563 corpus weight
- pendurar
pendurar
76,562 corpus weight
- pequenino
pequenino
76,559 corpus weight
- pes
pes
76,556 corpus weight
- pitada
pitada
76,553 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “pes” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | pes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛs ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #23,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “pes”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for pes is neighbouring look-alikes ("PT", "pó", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈpɛs ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #23,445 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PT", "pó", "pi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is pes, spelled P-E-S.
Definition
- 1cão
- 2pessoa vil
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).