Which to use
“pacas” is an adverb and “pavão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,064
- “pacas” frequency rank
- #19,519
- “pavão” frequency rank
- 62583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pacas | pavão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | muito | pendão, flor masculina do milho |
Letter map: pacas vs pavão
Shared letters muted; letters that set pacas and pavão apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: pacas vs pavão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pacas is anadverb and pavãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pacas is recorded at frequency rank #43,064, classified as anadv. pavão is at rank #19,519, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pa.'boŋ/.
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 62583, this pair ranks #6,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pacas vs pavão
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pacas": cs. Private to "pavão": ovã.
"pacas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pavão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pacas ← apcas · paacs · pacass · paccas · pacsa · pcaas · ppacas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pacas" for "pavão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pacas" or "pavão"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pacas" and "pavão".
- Full dictionary entry for "pacas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pacas" and "pavão" 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 #6,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.