Which to use
“pace” is an adverb and “pack” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,071
- “pace” frequency rank
- #12,950
- “pack” frequency rank
- 42021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pace | pack |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em paz, pacificamente | apinhar, lotar |
Letter map: pace vs pack
Shared letters muted; letters that set pace and pack apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for pace / pack
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pace is anadverb and packaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “pace” becomes k in “pack”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pace is recorded at frequency rank #29,071, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈpa.t͡se/, /ˈpɑ.t͡sɛ/. pack is at rank #12,950, tagged as averb.
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 42021, this pair ranks #23,813 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pace vs pack
Shared letters: acp. Private to "pace": e. Private to "pack": k.
"pace" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pack" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pace" and "pack" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pace" vs "pack" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "pace" and "pack". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pack" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,813 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pace" and "pack" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pace vs pale". 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 #23,813 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.