piza
/ˈpi.zɐ/
The verdict
“piza” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #43,087) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #43,087
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que pizza
Corpus desk
Index PT-piza · piza · Portuguese
piza · rank #43,087 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,087
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pimba
Nearest frequency peer: pimba (-2 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 “piza”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- pelota
pelota
56,924 corpus weight
- pendência
pendência
56,922 corpus weight
- pilantra
pilantra
56,917 corpus weight
- pimba
pimba
56,916 corpus weight
- piza
piza
56,914 corpus weight
- prevenido
prevenido
56,903 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “piza” 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 | piza |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpi.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #43,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “piza”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for piza is neighbouring look-alikes ("puta", "puma", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈpi.zɐ/. Frequency #43,087 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Gloss: "o mesmo que pizza".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for piza, with forms such as "ipza", "piaz", and "ppiza". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puta", "puma", "poxa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is piza, spelled P-I-Z-A.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que pizza
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipza
- piaz
- ppiza
- pzia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "piza", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).