padroeirovsparceiroTell them apart

Quick tell: padroeiro is a adjective, parceiro is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“padroeiro” is an adjective and “parceiro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,430
“padroeiro” frequency rank
#2,436
“parceiro” frequency rank
25866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature padroeiro parceiro
Definition que detém o direito do padroado uma pessoa com a qual compartilhamos algum evento, ação ou empreitada

Letter map: padroeiro vs parceiro

Shared letters muted; letters that set padroeiro and parceiro apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

9 ch
padroeiro
8 ch
parceiro

Part-of-speech tell for padroeiro / parceiro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: padroeiro is anadjective and parceiroanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

padroeiro is recorded at frequency rank #23,430, classified as anadj. parceiro is at rank #2,436, tagged as anoun.

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 25866, this pair ranks #43,381 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of padroeiro vs parceiro

Shared letters: aeiopr. Private to "padroeiro": d. Private to "parceiro": c.

"padroeiro" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCV  ·  "parceiro" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • padroeiroapdroeiro · paddroeiro · padoreiro · padreoiro · padroeior · padroeirro · padroerio · padroiero
  • parceiroaprceiro · pacreiro · parcceiro · parceior · parceirro · parcerio · parciero · pareciro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "padroeiro" and "parceiro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "padroeiro" is an adjective and "parceiro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "padroeiro" or "parceiro"?
"parceiro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,436 in our Portuguese list, against #23,430 for "padroeiro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "padroeiro" and "parceiro". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "padroeiro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parceiro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,381 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "padroeiro" and "parceiro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palheiro vs parceiro". 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 #43,381 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list