pacas vs pace, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“pacas” and “pace” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,064
“pacas” frequency rank: #29,071
“pace” frequency rank: 72135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	pacas	pace
Definition	muito	em paz, pacificamente

Letter map: pacas vs pace

Shared letters muted; letters that set pacas and pace apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

pacas

4 ch

pace

Pair insight - pacas / pace

pacas and pace are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pacas is recorded at frequency rank #43,064, classified as anadv. pace is at rank #29,071, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/.

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 72135, this pair ranks #3,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pacas vs pace

Shared letters: acp. Private to "pacas": s. Private to "pace": e.

"pacas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pace" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

pacas ← apcas · paacs · pacass · paccas · pacsa · pcaas · ppacas
pace ← apce · pacce · paec · pcae · ppace

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pacas" and "pace" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "pacas" vs "pace" - which ranks higher?

"pace" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,071 in our Portuguese list, against #43,064 for "pacas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "pacas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "pace" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #3,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"pacas" and "pace" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacas vs pança". 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 #3,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.