Which to use
“pães” and “presa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,933
- “pães” frequency rank
- #3,165
- “presa” frequency rank
- 18098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pães | presa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de pão | ato de apresar ou de apreender ao inimigo coisas que servem para transportar ou são transportadas |
Where the eye mixes pães and presa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pães runs 4 letters (CVVC) against presa's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pães vs presa
A purely visual mix-up. pães (/ˈpɐ̃j̃ʃ/) and presa (/ˈpɾe.zɐ/) 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 18098, 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/. presa is at rank #3,165, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾe.zɐ/.
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 18098, this pair ranks #52,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pães vs presa
Shared letters: eps. Private to "pães": ã. Private to "presa": ar.
"pães" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "presa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- presa ← ppresa · preas · prresa · prsea · rpesa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pães" and "presa" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pães" or "presa" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pães" and "presa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pães" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "presa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pães" and "presa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pães vs pale". 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 #52,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.