Which to use
“paço” and “palmo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,136
- “paço” frequency rank
- #41,647
- “palmo” frequency rank
- 59783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paço | palmo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | residência oficial de um governante, monarca, soberano ou dignitário religioso | medida igual à distância entre as extremidades dos dedos polegar e mínimo de uma mão aberta |
Where the eye mixes paço and palmo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paço runs 4 letters (CVCV) against palmo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: paço vs palmo
A purely visual mix-up. paço (/pˈasʊ/) and palmo (/ˈpaɫ.mu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paço is recorded at frequency rank #18,136, classified as anoun, pronounced /pˈasʊ/. palmo is at rank #41,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaɫ.mu/.
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 59783, this pair ranks #8,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of paço vs palmo
Shared letters: aop. Private to "paço": ç. Private to "palmo": lm.
"paço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "palmo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- palmo ← aplmo · pallmo · palmmo · palom · pamlo · plamo · ppalmo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "paço" and "palmo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "paço" vs "palmo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "paço" and "palmo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "paço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "palmo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paço" and "palmo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palmo vs pilão". 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 #8,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.