Which to use
“pacas” is an adverb and “pagão” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,064
- “pacas” frequency rank
- #28,306
- “pagão” frequency rank
- 71370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pacas | pagão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | muito | diz-se de pessoa não batizada |
Letter map: pacas vs pagão
Shared letters muted; letters that set pacas and pagão apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pacas (CVCVC) and pagão (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: pacas vs pagão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pacas is anadverb and pagãoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pacas is recorded at frequency rank #43,064, classified as anadv. pagão is at rank #28,306, tagged as anadj.
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 71370, this pair ranks #3,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pacas vs pagão
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pacas": cs. Private to "pagão": goã.
"pacas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pacas ← apcas · paacs · pacass · paccas · pacsa · pcaas · ppacas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pacas" for "pagão" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pacas" or "pagão" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "pacas" vs "pagão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pacas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pagão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pacas" and "pagão" 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 #3,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.