# padrão vs pedrão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### padrão
*noun · frequency rank #1,471*
monumento de pedra que os portugueses erigiam em terras que iam descobrindo

### pedrão
*noun · IPA /pe.'dɾoŋ/ · frequency rank #41,177*
pedrão grande

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/padrao-vs-pedrao