Which to use
“paço” and “prado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,136
- “paço” frequency rank
- #8,941
- “prado” frequency rank
- 27077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paço | prado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | residência oficial de um governante, monarca, soberano ou dignitário religioso | terreno coberto de plantas herbáceas para alimento do gado |
Where the eye mixes paço and prado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. paço runs 4 letters (CVCV) against prado's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses paço with prado
A purely visual mix-up. paço (/pˈasʊ/) and prado (/ˈpɾa.du/) 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 27077, 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/. prado is at rank #8,941, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾa.du/.
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 27077, this pair ranks #41,953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paço vs prado
Shared letters: aop. Private to "paço": ç. Private to "prado": dr.
"paço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "prado" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- prado ← pardo · pprado · praddo · praod · prdao · prrado · rpado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paço" and "prado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "paço" or "prado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "paço" and "prado" 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 "prado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paço" and "prado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paço vs paçoca". 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 #41,953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.