Which to use
“banco” and “braço” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #821
- “banco” frequency rank
- #2,130
- “braço” frequency rank
- 2951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | banco | braço |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | móvel para sentar, sem encosto se for individual, em madeira, cortiça, plástico, vime ou ferro; mocho; escabelo: | um dos membros anteriores humanos |
Where the eye mixes banco and braço
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between banco and braço
A purely visual mix-up. banco (/ˈbã.ku/) and braço (/ˈbɾä.sʊ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
banco is recorded at frequency rank #821, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbã.ku/. braço is at rank #2,130, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɾä.sʊ/.
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 2951, this pair ranks #72,272 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of banco vs braço
Shared letters: abo. Private to "banco": cn. Private to "braço": rç.
"banco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "braço" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- banco ← abnco · bacno · bancco · bannco · banoc · bbanco · bnaco
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "banco" and "braço" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "banco" or "braço"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "banco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "braço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,272 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "banco" and "braço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "braço vs brio". 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 #72,272 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.