Which to use
“pães” and “pazes” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,933
- “pães” frequency rank
- #16,831
- “pazes” frequency rank
- 31764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pães | pazes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de pão | reconciliação, ação ou resultado da ação de fazer reestabelecida relação de amistosidade mútua |
Letter map: pães vs pazes
Shared letters muted; letters that set pães and pazes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - pães / pazes
pães and pazes are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pães is recorded at frequency rank #14,933, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɐ̃j̃ʃ/. pazes is at rank #16,831, 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 31764, this pair ranks #36,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pães vs pazes
Shared letters: eps. Private to "pães": ã. Private to "pazes": az.
"pães" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "pazes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pazes ← apzes · paezs · pazess · pazse · pazzes · ppazes · pzaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pães" and "pazes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pães" or "pazes"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pães" and "pazes".
- Full dictionary entry for "pães" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pazes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pães" and "pazes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs pazes". 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 #36,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.