pio
/ˈpi.u/
The verdict
“pio” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,747) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,747
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inclinado à piedade; devoto, religioso
Corpus desk
Index PT-pio · pio · Portuguese
pio · rank #12,747 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,747
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pregar
Nearest frequency peer: pregar (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pio”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- padrasto
padrasto
87,261 corpus weight
- percussão
percussão
87,257 corpus weight
- perfect
perfect
87,256 corpus weight
- pio
pio
87,254 corpus weight
- pregar
pregar
87,253 corpus weight
- psicopata
psicopata
87,248 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pio” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpi.u/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #12,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for pio is neighbouring look-alikes ("PT", "pó", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈpi.u/. Frequency #12,747 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pio, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PT", "pó", "por", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is pio, spelled P-I-O.
Definition
- 1inclinado à piedade; devoto, religioso
- 2benigno, compassivo, misericordioso
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "pio" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "PT". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #12,747 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.