Which to use
“pacas” is an adverb and “placa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,064
- “pacas” frequency rank
- #3,510
- “placa” frequency rank
- 46574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pacas | placa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | muito | peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura |
Letter map: pacas vs placa
Shared letters muted; letters that set pacas and placa apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: pacas vs placa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pacas is anadverb and placaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pacas is recorded at frequency rank #43,064, classified as anadv. placa is at rank #3,510, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpla.kɐ/.
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 46574, this pair ranks #18,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pacas vs placa
Shared letters: acp. Private to "pacas": s. Private to "placa": l.
"pacas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "placa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pacas" for "placa" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pacas" or "placa" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "pacas" vs "placa" 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 "placa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pacas" and "placa" 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 #18,717 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.